Nadler, Lauren (2020) Birds ruffled by big-city lights. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223 (23), [214668]. (doi:10.1242/jeb.214668).
Abstract
The blazing lights of Times Square in New York City may be impressive for tourists, yet this blindingly bright attraction can cause problems for urban wildlife. Artificial light at night, typical of cities and suburban areas around the globe, can cause problems for the animals that we share space with, although the impact on local wildlife is often disregarded. Given the current global COVID-19 pandemic, understanding how stressors, such as artificial nocturnal light, alter infectious disease transmission is now even more pressing. So, Daniel Becker and colleagues from Indiana University in the USA delved into this question, looking at how persistent artificial light at night alters immunity and infection risk in wild animal communities.
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