Part-night exposure to artificial light at night has more detrimental effects on aphid colonies than fully lit nights
R. Heinen, O. Sanchez-Mahecha, T. M. Bezemer, D. M. Dominoni, C. Knappe, J. Kollmann, A. Kopatsch, Z. A. Pfeiffer, M. Schloter, S. Sturm, J. P. Schnitzler, A. C. Vlot, W. W. Weisser
The paper examines how different levels of artificial light at night affect plant growth and aphid colonies, finding that partial light exposure has more severe negative impacts on aphids than full light exposure.
bioRxiv · Oct 24, 2022Ecology