Experimental light at night has a negative long-term impact on macro-moth populations

Roy H.A. van Grunsven; Jurriën R. van Deijk; Maurice Donners; Frank Berendse; Marcel E. Visser; Elmar Veenendaal; Kamiel Spoelstra

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.083

Experimental light at night has a negative long-term impact on macro-moth populations

Roy H.A. van Grunsven^*, Jurriën R. van Deijk, Maurice Donners, Frank Berendse, Marcel E. Visser, Elmar Veenendaal, Kamiel Spoelstra

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Van Grunsven et al. experimentally test the long-term effects of artificial light on natural moth populations. In the initial two years there was no effect on populations, but in the latter three years population sizes were reduced compared with the dark controls. This shows that artificial light negatively affects moth populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R694-R695
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	30
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.083
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2020

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