Conserving energy at a cost to biodiversity? Impacts of LED lighting on bats

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2458-2465

  Stone, Emma L ^a   Jones, Gareth ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Biodiversity conservation; Climate change targets; LED street lights; Light pollution; Light emitting diodes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT POLLUTION; TAXONOMY;

MYOTIS; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 85027929389     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02705.x     Document Type: Article

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