Seasonal associations with light pollution trends for nocturnally migrating bird populations
Seasonal associations with light pollution trends for nocturnally migrating bird populations
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10.1002/ecs2.3994
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发表时间:
2022-03
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2.7
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F. L. La Sorte;K. Horton;A. Johnston;D. Fink;T. Auer
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作者:
F. L. La Sorte;K. Horton;A. Johnston;D. Fink;T. Auer
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is adversely affecting natural systems worldwide, including the disorienting influence of ALAN on nocturnally migrating birds. Understanding how ALAN trends are developing across species ’ seasonal distributions will inform mitigation efforts, such as Lights Out programs. Here, we intersect ALAN annual trend estimates (1992 – 2013) with weekly estimates of relative abundance for 42 nocturnally migrating passerine bird species that breed in North America using observations from the eBird community science database for the combined period 2005 – 2020. We use a cluster analysis to identify species with similar weekly associations with ALAN trends. Our results identified three prominent clusters. Two contained species that occurred in northeastern and western North America during the breeding season. These species were associated with moderate ALAN levels and weak negative ALAN trends during the breeding season, and low ALAN levels and strong positive ALAN trends during the nonbreeding season. The difference between the breeding and nonbreeding seasons was lower for species that occurred in northern South America and greater for species that occurred in Central America during the nonbreeding season. For species that occurred in South America during the nonbreeding