Biological and Ecological Impacts of Artificial Light at Night: A New Threat for Conservation
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 8009
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over billions of years, organisms have evolved to respond to natural light cues to control or modulate behavior, activity, reproductive timing, and physiological function. The moon and stars are no longer the only major source of nighttime illumination. Artificial lighting has fundamentally changed the earth’s nighttime environment, with a wide range of biological and ecological effects on animals.
There is a timely need for an integrated approach to understanding the consequences of artificial light at night for conservation outcomes particularly given the worldwide increase and infiltration of light into protected areas and biodiversity hotspots.
The scope of this Special Issue is wide, and we invite submissions that focus on wildlife irrespective of taxonomic group, habitat type or conservation status. Studies that focus on an across realm or landscape scale are particularly welcome, as are experimental studies focused on mitigation and conservation outcomes.
Dr. Kylie Robert
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anthropogenic disturbance
- ALAN
- artificial light at night
- light pollution
- urban ecology
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