Fatal attraction of short-tailed shearwaters to artificial lights.

Light pollution is increasing around the world and altering natural nightscapes with potential ecological and evolutionary consequences. A severe ecological perturbation caused by artificial lights is mass mortalities of organisms, including seabird fledglings that are attracted to lights at night o...

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Main Authors: Airam Rodríguez, Graeme Burgan, Peter Dann, Roz Jessop, Juan J Negro, Andre Chiaradia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4198200?pdf=render