Marine Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 204, P. 106908 - 106908
Published: Dec. 13, 2024
Language: Английский
Ecological Entomology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 12, 2025
Abstract Human settlements and urbanisation are increasing globally, with more than half of the Earth's terrestrial surface being impacted by humans. This development has resulted in numerous anthropogenic stressors including nocturnal sensory pollution (i.e. light pollution), which is a key driver insect declines. Nocturnality hypothesized to reduce predation risk from visually‐guided diurnal predators. More all species, 80% Lepidoptera, estimated be nocturnal. Predation rates on insects likely result habitat, time day local predator composition. We investigated how plasticine moth replicas differed between urban rural sites, night day. Visually matching paper‐winged, clay‐bodied white‐lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata , were placed natural area within city El Paso, Texas, remote Chihuahuan Desert minimal human disturbance. These checked during dawn dusk for 3 days. significantly lower at regardless location, composition sites. Insectivorous birds primary predators both locations, whereas represented primarily site mammals site. findings support hypothesis that predators, such as birds, exert higher pressures day, supports biodiversity, especially predaceous insects, affected urbanisation.
Language: Английский
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 378(1892)
Published: Oct. 29, 2023
Light pollution has emerged as a burgeoning area of scientific interest, receiving increasing attention in recent years. The resulting body literature revealed diverse array species-specific and context-dependent responses to artificial light at night (ALAN). Because predicting generalizing community-level effects is difficult, our current comprehension the ecological impacts on complex systems remains notably limited. It critical better understand ALAN's higher levels organization order comprehend mitigate repercussions ALAN ecosystem functioning stability amidst ongoing global change. This theme issue seeks explore systems, by bridging various realms scaling up from individual processes functions communities networks. Through this integrated approach, collection aims shed intricate interplay between pollution, dynamics humans world increasingly impacted anthropogenic lighting. article part 'Light systems'.
Language: Английский
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Energies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(8), P. 1902 - 1902
Published: April 9, 2025
Researchers and companies are placing increasing importance on sustainability to fight climate change. This study analyzes the of hotel installation, photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, transition from traditional lighting light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. The results show that for PV system, NPV (net present value) varied between 3191 11,959 kTND/kW installation panels has a positive 100% in case high market scenario 79–84% with reduced activity. Regarding energy optimization, use LED bulbs generates an 346 713 TND/bulb, depending self-consumption cost electricity. Ecological studies installing would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 424 gCO2eq/kWh, or 61 tCO2eq/year. Furthermore, social evaluations have shown renewable optimization point view ecological transition. In conclusion, green investments improve hotels. However, fully exploit this potential, change consumer attitudes is needed. Hotels must continue promote their efforts while making guests aware eco-friendly choices. Only combined approach, involving both hoteliers guests, will achieve sustainable sector. objective article therefore examine multidisciplinary interactions development highlighting inherent opportunities approach success hospitality Our methodological combines theoretical numerical study. These play major role projects due economic, environmental, technical, technological contributions, which proves address holistic way.
Language: Английский
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 378(1892)
Published: Oct. 29, 2023
Although much evidence exists showing organismal consequences from artificial light at night (ALAN), large knowledge gaps remain regarding ALAN affecting species interactions. Species interactions occur via shared spatio-temporal niches among species, which may be determined by natural levels. We review how is altering these through expanding twilight or full Moon conditions and constricting nocturnal as well creating patches of bright dark. literature a database to determine if dynamics. The indicates growing interest in interactions: 58% the studies we analysed have been published since 2020. Seventy-five 79 found altered Enhancements reductions were equally documented. Many revealed spatially, but few temporal alterations. There are biases ALAN-most investigated predator-prey with vertebrates predators invertebrates prey. Following this review, suggest avenues, such remote sensing animal tracking, that can guide future research on across spatial axes. This article part theme issue 'Light pollution complex ecological systems'.
Language: Английский
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Basic and Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 74, P. 66 - 73
Published: Dec. 1, 2023
Anthropogenic light at night is growing exponentially while many insect populations are in decline. Many nocturnal insects provide numerous ecosystem services and attracted to anthropogenic lights resulting decreased fitness, greater mortality population declines. During twilight night, moths depredated by bats birds, both of which use vision, among other strategies, detect prey upon moths. The visual detection predators dependent the environment illuminating moth's body. Effects can differ drastically with color (spectral composition) intensity light. Currently, high pressure sodium lamps (HPS) emitting diodes (LEDs) common municipal sources, these spectrally, thus altering scene. Most LEDs broadband (i.e., white) whereas HPS long wavelength dominant amber); types alter perception prey. To test if more likely survive under lighting than non-lit poles, we used plasticine clay models. Visual model analyses reveal that rendered cryptic against their background or ambient urban lighting, albeit small differences contrast may not be biologically relevant. These results indicate most insect-friendly when considering depredation on comparison LED.
Language: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)
Published: April 5, 2024
Language: Английский
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Published: Sept. 3, 2024
The aim of this thesis is to understand the ecological and evolutionary implications urbanization across multiple life stages in túngara frog. Throughout thesis, I sought investigate changes phenotypes selection pressures response (Figure 1). Specifically, better relationship sexual signals urban pressures, comprehensively characterize effects on many species (Chapter 2). In Chapter 3, look explicitly at direct two important sensory pollutants environments, artificial light night (ALAN) noise pollution, male breeding behavior. exposed forest sites, naïve conditions, ALAN, their combination. investigated patterns attraction repulsion, timing behavior, calling behavior males these various conditions. 4, continued examining isolated combined ALAN now quantifying potential via receiver behaviors. broadcast synthesized playbacks simulating quantified number approaches from mates (female frogs), predators (fringe-lipped bats) under different Additionally, examined if conditions altered preferences both females bats a field setting. 5, development tadpoles, utilizing reciprocal transplant experiment between populations examine intraand intergenerational early developmental stages. 6, provide an overview synthesis my research.
Language: Английский
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Marine Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 204, P. 106908 - 106908
Published: Dec. 13, 2024
Language: Английский
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