A5024458539- Avian ecology and behavior
- Marine animal studies overview
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
Universidade dos Açores
2023
Light pollution critically affects fledglings of burrow-nesting seabirds, leading to massive mortality events. The successful management this pollutant depends upon a comprehensive understanding the factors influencing visual sensitivity and corresponding behaviours towards light. Factors shaping development system could account for variation in seabirds' vulnerability light pollution. We investigated how Cory's shearwater chicks respond selected contrasting artificial stimuli. Chicks were...
Seabirds, and particularly fledglings of burrow-nesting species, are greatly impacted by light pollution. During their inaugural flights from colony to sea, become grounded after encountering artificial light. Such groundings, or fallout events, affect many each year causing mass mortality events. To mitigate this induced mortality, rescue programs have been implemented for decades at locations worldwide. Despite the notoriety fallouts conservation implications, contributing behavioural...
ABSTRACT Seabirds, and particularly fledglings of burrow-nesting species, are greatly impacted by light pollution. During their inaugural flights from colony to sea, become grounded after encountering artificial light. Such groundings, or fallout events, affect many each year. To mitigate this induced mortality, rescue programs have been implemented for decades in locations worldwide. Despite the notoriety fallouts, contributing behavioural biological factors remain mostly unknown. How do...