Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Artificial lighting affects the landscape of fear in a widely distributed shorebird

  • Juho Jolkkonen,
  • Kevin J. Gaston,
  • Jolyon Troscianko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04486-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Eurasian curlew are less willing to take off in low-light, an effect largely governed by light pollution. Artificial light at night appears to cause birds to trade off risky low-light flight against predation risk and foraging opportunities.