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Vehicle lighting can reduce the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions

Every year, vehicle collisions with deer and wild pigs cause billions of dollars in damages and injure thousands of drivers. Most collisions occur at night when the animals are more active and when it is more difficult for drivers to see. Recent research has found that illuminating the front end of the vehicle with a lightbar can reduce dangerous encounters with deer, and newer light … Continue reading Vehicle lighting can reduce the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions

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Shining a light on indirect interactions

Many of us are familiar with direct effects of light pollution but how do these effects cascade and have wider implications? Associate Editor, Owen Lewis discusses the recently published article by Bennie et al. Artificial light at night causes top‐down and bottom‐up trophic effects on invertebrate populations. You’ve probably seen the images of a night-time earth taken from space: the cities of Europe and North … Continue reading Shining a light on indirect interactions

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