What is it about?
We distinguish the concept of "ecological" light pollution compared with "astronomical" light pollution and synthesize the many was that human-created light at night interferes with species and their interactions.
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Why is it important?
This paper established the ecological considerations associated with light pollution as being important and a legitimate area of study across taxa. It synthesized previous better known examples of impacts such as attraction of birds, sea turtle hatchlings, and insects, with lesser known impacts to broaden the topic to extend to physiological, behavioral, and community impacts.
Perspectives
This paper was written between the conference Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting that the authors convened in 2002 and the subsequent publication of the edited book by the same name in 2006 and owes some of its insights to the participants in those projects, many of whom are acknowledged in the paper.
Professor Travis Longcore
University of California Los Angeles
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This page is a summary of: Ecological light pollution, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, May 2004, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0191:elp]2.0.co;2.
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