Tuning the white light spectrum of light emitting diode lamps to reduce attraction of nocturnal arthropods

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1667, 2015, Pages

  Longcore, Travis ^a   Aldern, Hannah L ^b   Eggers, John F ^b   Flores, Steve ^b   Franco, Lesly ^b   Hirshfield Yamanishi, Eric ^b   Petrinec, Laina N ^b   Yan, Wilson A ^b   Barroso, André M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Indoor lighting; Light emitting diodes; Phototaxis; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; DISEASE VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE; HONEYBEE; LIGHT POLLUTION; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; COLOR; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; ILLUMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HOUSING; LIGHTING;

EID: 84924871732     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0125     Document Type: Article

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