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Light Pollution Disturbs Moths Even in the Dark
Light pollution is more serious than expected: Moths not only lose their orientation directly under street lamps. Their flight behaviour is also disturbed outside the cone of light.
Scientific contacts:
Dr. Jacqueline Degen, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, Chair of Zoology II (Behavioural Physiology and Sociobiology), T +49 931 31-89017, jacqueline.degen@uni-wuerzburg.de
Original publication:
Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior. Jacqueline Degen, Mona Storms, Chengfa Benjamin Lee, Andreas Jechow, Anna Lisa Stöckl, Franz Hölker, Aryan Jakhar, Thomas Walter, Stefan Walter, Oliver Mitesser, Thomas Hovestadt, Tobias Degen. PNAS, 8 October 2024, DOI 10.1073/pnas.2401215121
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The flight paths of individual moths were tracked using radar. On the left a large yellow underwing …
Jacqueline Degen
University of Würzburg
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