Migratory bats respond to artificial green light with positive phototaxis.

Artificial light at night is spreading worldwide at unprecedented rates, exposing strictly nocturnal animals such as bats to a novel anthropogenic stressor. Previous studies about the effect of artificial light on bats focused almost exclusively on non-migratory species, yet migratory animals such a...

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Main Authors: Christian C Voigt, Manuel Roeleke, Lara Marggraf, Gunārs Pētersons, Silke L Voigt-Heucke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5451015?pdf=render