Effects of Artificial Night Lighting on Migrating Birds

Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange Environmental Impact Statement

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Date Published:

2006

Authors:

Carroll G. Belser

Sidney A. Gauthreaux

Many hundreds of species of birds typically migrate at night, and it is well known that fires and artificial lights attract birds during migration, particularly when the sky is cloudy and the ceiling is low.

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Gauthreraux Jr., S.A., and C.G. Belser. 2006. Effects of artificial night lighting on migrating birds. In Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting, edited by C. Rich and T. Longcore, pp. 67-93. Washington D.C.: Island Press.

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