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Blinded by the Light: Artificial Light Lowers Mate Attraction Success in Female Glow-Worms (Lampyris noctiluca L.)

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Nocturnal light pollution is a worldwide growing problem, threatening nocturnal biodiversity. We studied the impact of streetlights on mating success of the female common glow-worm, a bioluminescent nocturnal beetle (Lampyris noctiluca L.) that uses light signals for sexual communica...

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Autores principales: Van den Broeck, Mira, De Cock, Raphaël, Van Dongen, Stefan, Matthysen, Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8397135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34442300
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12080734