Journal of environmental management

How Nighttime Light Affects City Birds Adapted to Urban Areas

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Abstract

Nocturnal natural light in urban environments has mild effects on bird diversity, significantly influenced by artificial lighting at night (ALAN).

  • ALAN is associated with a peak positive effect on bird diversity at a value of 0.002 W/(m·sr·μm).
  • Mild effects of natural nocturnal light on bird diversity are amplified by climatic factors.
  • Urban birds may adapt behaviorally and ecologically to varying nocturnal light conditions.
  • The interactions between ALAN and urban habitat features could shape bird diversity outcomes.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Yunfeng Yang, Ph. D reports financial support was provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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