[MAIPC] FW: light pollution

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*	 <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02670-w#article-info> Published: 15 November 2021

Light pollution affects invasive and native plant traits important to plant competition and herbivorous insects

*	 <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02670-w#auth-Shannon_M_-Murphy> Shannon M. Murphy, 
*	 <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02670-w#auth-Dhaval_K_-Vyas> Dhaval K. Vyas, 
*	 <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02670-w#auth-Anna_A_-Sher> Anna A. Sher & 
*	 <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02670-w#auth-Kylee-Grenis> Kylee Grenis 

 <https://link.springer.com/journal/10530> Biological Invasions volume 24, pages599–602 (2022) <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02670-w#citeas> Cite this article

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Abstract

Invasions in urban settings have been understudied in terms of how invasions are impacted by uniquely urban stressors, such as streetlights. Plant physiology and phenology are impacted by artificial light at night (ALAN), but no studies have yet examined if light pollution differentially affects native versus invasive plant species. We tested the hypothesis that ALAN affects plant traits important to plant fitness and susceptibility to herbivory and whether they differ between invasive versus native grass species. We found that aboveground production of invasive cheatgrass was >5 × greater under ALAN than any other species in any treatment, and ALAN also altered plant traits important to herbivory. This suggests that ALAN may influence the outcomes of interspecific interactions. As urbanization increases, its role in invasion biology becomes more important, especially when an urban disturbance such as ALAN benefits the growth of invasive species.

 

 

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Subject: RE: light pollution

 


“The animals that are most affected by light pollution include insects, moths, bees, fireflies, Monarch butterflies, bats, owls, rodents, zebrafish, hummingbirds, seabirds, frogs, toads, sea turtles, Atlantic salmon, etc. “

 

 <https://www.conservationmadesimple.org/blog/no-more-dark-skies-light-pollution-is-affecting-wildlife-in-the-ecosystem#:~:text=The%20glare%20of%20the%20artificial%20light%20confuses%20nocturnal,seabirds%2C%20frogs%2C%20toads%2C%20sea%20turtles%2C%20Atlantic%20salmon%2C%20etc.> No More Dark Skies! Light Pollution is Affecting Wildlife in the Ecosystem - Conservation Made Simple

 

 


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