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

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

(2020) Pedro Cardoso et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Public attitudes toward biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management in Europe

(2020) Leonie K. Fischer et al.   Conservation Letters

CityScapeLab Berlin: A Research Platform for Untangling Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity

(2020) Moritz von der Lippe et al.   Sustainability

Clean and Green Urban Water Bodies Benefit Nocturnal Flying Insects and Their Predators, Insectivorous Bats

(2020) Tanja M. Straka et al.   Sustainability

Experimental light at night has a negative long-term impact on macro-moth populations

(2020) Roy H.A. van Grunsven et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Urbanization‐driven homogenization is more pronounced and happens at wider spatial scales in nocturnal and mobile flying insects

(2019) Thomas Merckx et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Is the insect apocalypse upon us? How to find out

(2019) Graham A. Montgomery et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The insect apocalypse, and why it matters

(2019) Dave Goulson   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Urbanization drives cross‐taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales

(2019) Elena Piano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Long-Term Comparison of Attraction of Flying Insects to Streetlights after the Transition from Traditional Light Sources to Light-Emitting Diodes in Urban and Peri-Urban Settings

(2019) Roy H. A. van Grunsven et al.   Sustainability

Wild bees in urban grasslands: Urbanisation, functional diversity and species traits

(2019) Sascha Buchholz et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Insect declines and agroecosystems: does light pollution matter?

(2018) M. Grubisic et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Declines in moth populations stress the need for conserving dark nights

(2018) Frank van Langevelde et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased body size along urbanization gradients at both community and intraspecific level in macro-moths

(2018) Thomas Merckx et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Life-history traits of Central European moths: gradients of variation and their association with rarity and threats

(2018) Pavel Potocký et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities

(2018) Thomas Merckx et al.   NATURE

Dietary changes in predators and scavengers in a nocturnally illuminated riparian ecosystem

(2018) Alessandro Manfrin et al.   OIKOS

Reducing management intensity and isolation as promising tools to enhance ground-dwelling arthropod diversity in urban grasslands

(2018) Sascha Buchholz et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Increasing biodiversity in urban green spaces through simple vegetation interventions

(2017) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Artificial light at night as a new threat to pollination

(2017) Eva Knop et al.   NATURE

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

(2017) Caspar A. Hallmann et al.   PLoS One

Conserving herbivorous and predatory insects in urban green spaces

(2017) Luis Mata et al.   Scientific Reports

The secret pollinators: an overview of moth pollination with a focus on Europe and North America

(2016) Melanie Hahn et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Reduced flight-to-light behaviour of moth populations exposed to long-term urban light pollution

(2016) Florian Altermatt et al.   Biology Letters

The dark side of street lighting: impacts on moths and evidence for the disruption of nocturnal pollen transport

(2016) Callum J. Macgregor et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The insect crisis we can’t ignore

(2016) Axel Hochkirch   NATURE

Experimentally comparing the attractiveness of domestic lights to insects: Do LEDs attract fewer insects than conventional light types?

(2016) Andrew Wakefield et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Quantifying interspecific variation in dispersal ability of noctuid moths using an advanced tethered flight technique

(2015) Hayley B. C. Jones et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Moth species richness, abundance and diversity in fragmented urban woodlands: implications for conservation and management strategies

(2014) Paul R. Lintott et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Pollination by nocturnal Lepidoptera, and the effects of light pollution: a review

(2014) CALLUM J. MACGREGOR et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Attraction to light - from how far do moths (Lepidoptera) return to weak artificial sources of light?

(2014) Christine TRUXA et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Macro-moth families differ in their attraction to light: implications for light-trap monitoring programmes

(2014) Thomas Merckx et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Stacking the odds: light pollution may shift the balance in an ancient predator-prey arms race

(2014) Corneile Minnaar et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Surveying Moths Using Light Traps: Effects of Weather and Time of Year

(2014) Dennis Jonason et al.   PLoS One

Garden and Landscape-Scale Correlates of Moths of Differing Conservation Status: Significant Effects of Urbanization and Habitat Diversity

(2014) Adam J. Bates et al.   PLoS One

Mapping artificial lightscapes for ecological studies

(2014) Jonathan Bennie et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Artificial light at night causes diapause inhibition and sex-specific life history changes in a moth

(2014) Koert G. van Geffen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

(2013) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Shedding light on moths: shorter wavelengths attract noctuids more than geometrids

(2013) R. Somers-Yeates et al.   Biology Letters

Life-history traits and landscape characteristics predict macro-moth responses to forest fragmentation

(2013) Eleanor M. Slade et al.   ECOLOGY

Single pollinator species losses reduce floral fidelity and plant reproductive function

(2013) B. J. Brosi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Do mosquitoes influence bat activity in coastal habitats?

(2013) Leroy Gonsalves et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes

(2012) RICHARD FOX   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Hedgerow trees and extended-width field margins enhance macro-moth diversity: implications for management

(2012) Thomas Merckx et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Direct and indirect effects of land use on floral resources and flower-visiting insects across an urban landscape

(2012) K. C. Matteson et al.   OIKOS

Aerial survey and spatial analysis of sources of light pollution in Berlin, Germany

(2012) Helga U. Kuechly et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Native Pollinators in Anthropogenic Habitats

(2011) Rachael Winfree et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Effect of spectral composition of artificial light on the attraction of moths

(2011) Frank van Langevelde et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Limiting the impact of light pollution on human health, environment and stellar visibility

(2011) Fabio Falchi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Response of arthropod species richness and functional groups to urban habitat structure and management

(2010) T. Sattler et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Spectral Identification of Lighting Type and Character

(2010) Christopher D. Elvidge et al.   SENSORS

Light pollution as a biodiversity threat

(2010) Franz Hölker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution