Demographic effects of artificial nighttime lighting on animal populations

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 323-330

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Bennie, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Lighting; Night; Nocturnal; Pollution

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIGHTING; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL POPULATIONS; ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS; DIURNAL; NIGHT; NOCTURNAL;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84904007487     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-2014-0005     Document Type: Review

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