How artificial light at night may rewire ecological networks: concepts and models
dc.contributor.author | Sanders, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Hirt, MR | |
dc.contributor.author | Brose, U | |
dc.contributor.author | Evans, DM | |
dc.contributor.author | Gaston, KJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Gauzens, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Ryser, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-02T11:47:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-10-30 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-07-02T09:52:20Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Artificial light at night (ALAN) is eroding natural light cycles and thereby changing species distributions and activity patterns. Yet little is known about how ecological interaction networks respond to this global change driver. Here, we assess the scientific basis of the current understanding of community-wide ALAN impacts. Based on current knowledge, we conceptualize and review four major pathways by which ALAN may affect ecological interaction networks by (i) impacting primary production, (ii) acting as an environmental filter affecting species survival, (iii) driving the movement and distribution of species, and (iv) changing functional roles and niches by affecting activity patterns. Using an allometric-trophic network model, we then test how a shift in temporal activity patterns for diurnal, nocturnal and crepuscular species impacts food web stability. The results indicate that diel niche shifts can severely impact community persistence by altering the temporal overlap between species, which leads to changes in interaction strengths and rewiring of networks. ALAN can thereby lead to biodiversity loss through the homogenization of temporal niches. This integrative framework aims to advance a predictive understanding of community-level and ecological-network consequences of ALAN and their cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. This article is part of the theme issue 'Light pollution in complex ecological systems'. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Royal Society | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | German Research Foundation | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 20220368- | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 378(1892), article 20220368 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0368 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/S000771/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | BB/X010473/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/V000497/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | CHL\R1\180156 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | FZT 118 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/136539 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | The Royal Society | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6843482.v1 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37899020 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited | en_GB |
dc.subject | activity patterns | en_GB |
dc.subject | ecological communities | en_GB |
dc.subject | human impact | en_GB |
dc.subject | light pollution | en_GB |
dc.subject | niche | en_GB |
dc.title | How artificial light at night may rewire ecological networks: concepts and models | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-02T11:47:34Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8436 | |
exeter.article-number | ARTN 20220368 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from the Royal Society via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data accessibility: The data are provided in the electronic supplementary material | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-2970 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 378(1892) | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-06-13 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-10-30 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-07-02T11:44:21Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-07-02T11:47:39Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-10-30 |
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