Exposure of tropical ecosystems to artificial light at night: Brazil as a case study.

Artificial nighttime lighting from streetlights and other sources has a broad range of biological effects. Understanding the spatial and temporal levels and patterns of this lighting is a key step in determining the severity of adverse effects on different ecosystems, vegetation, and habitat types....

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Main Authors: Juliana Ribeirão de Freitas, Jon Bennie, Waldir Mantovani, Kevin J Gaston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5298803?pdf=render