Potential biological and ecological effects of flickering artificial light

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Inger, Richard ^a   Bennie, Jonathan ^a   Davies, Thomas W ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLICKERING ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING;

EID: 84902164055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098631     Document Type: Article

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