A complex
relationship
Date: March 27, 2019
Source: Forschungsverbund Berlin
Artificial
light is rightly considered a major social, cultural and economic achievement.
Yet, artificial light at night is also said to pose a threat to biodiversity,
especially affecting nocturnal species in metropolitan areas. It has become
clear that the response by wildlife to artificial light at night might vary
across species, seasons and lamp types. A study conducted by a team led by the
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) sheds new light
on how exactly ultraviolet (UV) emitting and non-UV emitting street lamps
influence the activity of bats in the Berlin metropolitan area and whether tree
cover might mitigate any effect of light pollution. The study is published in
the scientific journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
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