Light at night, clocks and health: from humans to wild organisms
Light at night, clocks and health: from humans to wild organisms
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DOI：
10.1098/rsbl.2016.0015
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发表时间：
2016-02-01
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影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Nelson, Randy J.
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作者：
Dominoni, Davide M.;Borniger, Jeremy C.;Nelson, Randy J.
越来越多的电灯使用极大地改变了自然光环境，给人类和野生动物带来了新的挑战。事实上，几项生物医学研究已经将夜间的人造灯光与昼夜节律的扰乱联系在一起，对人类健康造成了重要后果，如代谢综合征、癌症和免疫力下降的发生率增加。在野生动物中，光污染与昼夜行为、繁殖和捕食者-猎物相互作用的变化有关，但我们对其潜在的生理机制以及野生物种是否遭受与人类相同的健康问题知之甚少。为了填补这一空白，我们主张将实地的生态学研究与时间生物学方法结合起来，以确定和描述可能将夜间光线造成的时间干扰与潜在的健康和健身后果联系起来的路径。
The increasing use of electric lights has modified the natural light environment dramatically, posing novel challenges to both humans and wildlife. Indeed, several biomedical studies have linked artificial light at night to the disruption of circadian rhythms, with important consequences for human health, such as the increasing occurrence of metabolic syndromes, cancer and reduced immunity. In wild animals, light pollution is associated with changes in circadian behaviour, reproduction and predator-prey interactions, but we know little about the underlying physiological mechanisms and whether wild species suffer the same health problems as humans. In order to fill this gap, we advocate the need for integrating ecological studies in the field, with chronobiological approaches to identify and characterize pathways that may link temporal disruption caused by light at night and potential health and fitness consequences.