NDLI: Data from: Artificial light at night confounds broad-scale habitat use by migrating birds (Dataset)

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Data from: Artificial light at night confounds broad-scale habitat use by migrating birds (Dataset)

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Author	McLaren, James D. Buler, Jeffrey J. Schreckengost, Tim Smolinsky, Jaclyn A. Boone, Matthew van Loon, E. Emiel Dawson, Deanna K. Walters, Eric L.
Abstract	With many of the world's migratory bird populations in alarming decline, broad-scale assessments of responses to migratory hazards may prove crucial to successful conservation efforts. Most birds migrate at night through increasingly light-polluted skies. Bright light sources can attract airborne migrants and lead to collisions with structures, but might also influence selection of migratory stopover habitat and thereby acquisition of food resources. We demonstrate, using multi-year weather radar measurements of nocturnal migrants across the northeastern U.S., that autumnal migrant stopover density increased at regional scales with proximity to the brightest areas, but decreased within a few kilometers of brightly-lit sources. This finding implies broad-scale attraction to artificial light while airborne, impeding selection for extensive forest habitat. Given that high-quality stopover habitat is critical to successful migration, and hindrances during migration can decrease fitness, artificial lights present a potentially heightened conservation concern for migratory bird populations.
File Size	61539527
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	1461023X
DOI	10.5061/dryad.18v5d
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://datadryad.org/stash/downloads/file_stream/17581
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://datadryad.org/stash/downloads/file_stream/17582
Language	English
Publisher Date	2018-12-08
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Migratory Stopover Ecological Modelling Weather Surveillance Radar Landbird Migration Landscape Ecology Artificial Light At Night Stochastic Boosting
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Data Set
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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