Oriented migratory flight at night: Consequences of nighttime light pollution for monarch butterflies

Summary: We show that light trespass—a form of nighttime light pollution (NLP)—elicits normal daytime clock-mediated migratory behavior in fall monarch butterflies during their night-cycle. In controlled indoor flight simulator studies isolating the role of NLP on the expression of oriented migrator...

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Main Authors: Adam F. Parlin, Samuel M. Stratton, Patrick A. Guerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222005818