Light pollution impairs urban nocturnal pollinators but less so in areas with high tree cover

Straka, Tanja M.; Lippe, Moritz von der; Voigt, Christian C.; Gandy, Matthew; Kowarik, Ingo; Buchholz, Sascha

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146244

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“…For example, over 35% of all crop production depends on pollinators of one kind—usually insects but birds and bats to a lesser extent. However, the entomological literature and other related studies have reported the progressive decline of insect populations, especially in urban areas ( 36 , 89 – 92 ). The fall and behavioral change of insects and other organisms translate to the disrupted ecosystem services such as primary productivity and other essentials of the food chain and environmental regulation.…”

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A review of the effects of artificial light at night in urban areas on the ecosystem level and the remedial measures

Katabaro

Yan

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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This paper attempts to realize the balance between humans and ecology in designing the nighttime light environment of urban parks by clarifying the influence of nighttime artificial light on the ecosystem of urban parks. Firstly, we reviewed the effects of nighttime artificial light on individual predation and reproduction of animals and personal growth and reproduction of plants. Secondly, we discuss the impact of individual changes caused by artificial lighting on ecosystem function at the ecosystem and analyze its advantages and disadvantages. The results showed that nighttime artificial light had a double-sided impact on the ecosystem, which would hurt the ecosystem function, but had a positive effect on the green space, which lacked natural light and had high plant density. This paper focuses on the areas with increased application of artificial lighting and rich species of animals and plants in night cities, such as urban forest parks and urban green spaces. It discusses how to reduce the intrusion of artificial lighting on ecosystems and how to make better use of the positive effect of artificial light.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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A review of the effects of artificial light at night in urban areas on the ecosystem level and the remedial measures

Katabaro

Yan

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Specifically for nocturnal species, the increasing degree of artificial light pollution at night may pose challenges for their colour vision which may impair pollination (e.g. [96,97]). Similar to other animals, arthropods use colour information for two major purposes: the choice of a suitable light habitat by phototaxis and reliable detection, discrimination and recognition of relevant objects, where the latter royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rstb Phil.…”

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“…Specifically for nocturnal species, the increasing degree of artificial light pollution at night may pose challenges for their colour vision which may impair pollination (e.g. [96,97]).…”

Section: Diversity Of Colour-guided Behaviour and Colour Ecologymentioning

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High diversity of arthropod colour vision: from genes to ecology

Yilmaz

Ibarra

Kelber

2022

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Colour vision allows animals to use the information contained in the spectrum of light to control important behavioural decisions such as selection of habitats, food or mates. Among arthropods, the largest animal phylum, we find completely colour-blind species as well as species with up to 40 different opsin genes or more than 10 spectral types of photoreceptors, we find a large diversity of optical methods shaping spectral sensitivity, we find eyes with different colour vision systems looking into the dorsal and ventral hemisphere, and species in which males and females see the world in different colours. The behavioural use of colour vision shows an equally astonishing diversity. Only the neural mechanisms underlying this sensory ability seems surprisingly conserved—not only within the phylum, but even between arthropods and the other well-studied phylum, chordates. The papers in this special issue allow a glimpse into the colourful world of arthropod colour vision, and besides giving an overview this introduction highlights how much more research is needed to fill in the many missing pieces of this large puzzle. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Understanding colour vision: molecular, physiological, neuronal and behavioural studies in arthropods’.

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“…Higher spatial resolution data can also be obtained from aircraft platforms, which offer a greater end‐user choice of spectral sensors (Kuechly et al ., 2012). Aircraft‐captured measurements of ALAN (1 m resolution), for example, have been used to investigate the effects of light pollution on the abundance and species richness of urban moth assemblages (Straka et al ., 2021). The use of drones is also starting to be trialled, offering very high spatial resolutions and, likewise, the potential for greater flexibility in the capture of spectral data (Fiorentin, Bettanini & Bogoni, 2019; Bouroussis & Topalis, 2020; Tabaka, 2020).…”

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Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects

Rhodes

Bennie

Spalding³

et al. 2021

Biological Reviews

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Remote sensing has revolutionised many aspects of ecological research, enabling spatiotemporal data to be collected in an efficient and highly automated manner. The last two decades have seen phenomenal growth in capabilities for high‐resolution remote sensing that increasingly offers opportunities to study small, but ecologically important organisms, such as insects. Here we review current applications for using remote sensing within entomological research, highlighting the emerging opportunities that now arise through advances in spatial, temporal and spectral resolution. Remote sensing can be used to map environmental variables, such as habitat, microclimate and light pollution, capturing data on topography, vegetation structure and composition, and luminosity at spatial scales appropriate to insects. Such data can also be used to detect insects indirectly from the influences that they have on the environment, such as feeding damage or nest structures, whilst opportunities for directly detecting insects are also increasingly available. Entomological radar and light detection and ranging (LiDAR), for example, are transforming our understanding of aerial insect abundance and movement ecology, whilst ultra‐high spatial resolution drone imagery presents tantalising new opportunities for direct observation. Remote sensing is rapidly developing into a powerful toolkit for entomologists, that we envisage will soon become an integral part of insect science.

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Light pollution impairs urban nocturnal pollinators but less so in areas with high tree cover

Cited by 21 publications

References 68 publications

A review of the effects of artificial light at night in urban areas on the ecosystem level and the remedial measures

A review of the effects of artificial light at night in urban areas on the ecosystem level and the remedial measures

High diversity of arthropod colour vision: from genes to ecology

Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects

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