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xx, 458 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction / Catherin Rich and Travis Longcore -- Part I. Mammals: Night, Venezuela / Alexander von Humboldt -- Effects of artificial night lighting on terrestrial mammals / Paul Beier -- Bats and their insect prey at streetlights / Jens Rydell -- Part II. Birds: Night, Maine woods / Bernd Heinrich -- Effects of artificial night lighting on migrating birds / Sidney A. Gauthreaux Jr. and Carroll G. Belser -- Influences of artificial light on marine birds / William A. Montevecchi -- Road lighting and grassland birds: local influence of road lighting on a black-tailed godwit population / Johannes G. de Molenaar, Maria E. Sanders, and Dick A. Jonkers -- Part III. Reptiles and amphibians: Night, Tortuguero / David Ehrenfeld -- Protecting sea turtles from artificial night lighting at Florida's oceanic beaches / Michael Salmon -- Night lights and reptiles: observed and potential effects / Gad Perry and Robert N. Fisher -- Observed and potential effects of artificial night lighting on anuran amphibians / Bryant W. Buchanan -- Influence of artificial illumination on the nocturnal behavior and physiology of salamanders -- Sharon E. Wise and Bryant W. Buchanan -- Part IV. Fishes: Night Atlantic / Carl Safina -- Artificial night lighting and fishes / Barbara Nightingale, Travis Longcore, and Charles A. Simenstad -- Part V. Invertebrates: Night, tropics / Philip J. Devries -- Artificial night lighting and insects: attraction of insects to streetlamps in a rural setting in Germany / Gerhard Eisenbeis -- Effects of artificial night lighting on moths / Kenneth D. Frank -- Stray light, fireflies, and fireflyers / James E. Lloyd -- Artificial light at night in freshwater habitats and its potential ecological effects / Marianne V. Moore, Susan J. Kohler, and Melani S. Cheers -- Part VI. Plants: Night, Massachusetts / Henry David Thoreau -- Physiology of plant responses to artificial lighting / Winslow R. Briggs -- Synthesis / Travis Longcore and Catherine Rich. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Ecological consequences of artificial night lighting. Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2006 (OCoLC)644315041 |
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ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10161049 |