Introduction of artificial light at night increases the abundance of predators, scavengers, and parasites in arthropod communities.
Ecology
Entomology
Environmental science
Journal
iScience
ISSN: 2589-0042
Titre abrégé: iScience
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101724038
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Mar 2023
17 Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
17
08
2022
revised:
14
12
2022
accepted:
10
02
2023
entrez:
6
3
2023
pubmed:
7
3
2023
medline:
7
3
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
While recent studies explore the negative impacts of light pollution on arthropods, few studies investigated community-level responses to artificial light. Using an array of landscaping lights and pitfall traps, we track community composition over 15 consecutive days and nights, including a five-night pre-light period, a five-night during-light period, and a five-night post-light period. Our results highlight a trophic-level response to artificial nighttime lighting with shifts in the presence and abundance of predators, scavengers, parasites, and herbivores. We show that associated trophic shifts occurred immediately upon the introduction of artificial light at night and are limited to nocturnal communities. Lastly, trophic levels reverted to their pre-light state, suggesting many short-term changes in communities are likely the result of behavioral shifts. These trophic shifts may become common as light pollution increases, implicating artificial light as a cause of global arthropod community change and highlighting light pollution's role in global herbivorous arthropod decline.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36876132
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106203
pii: S2589-0042(23)00280-8
pmc: PMC9982679
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
106203Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.
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