Seabird mortality induced by land‐based artificial lights.

Artificial lights at night cause high mortality of seabirds, one of the most endangered groups of birds globally. Fledglings of burrow‐nesting seabirds, and to a lesser extent adults, are attracted to and then grounded (i.e., forced to land) by lights when they fly at night. We reviewed the current state of knowledge of seabird attraction to light to identify information gaps and propose measures to address the problem. Although species in families such as Alcidae and Anatidae can be grounded by artificial light, the most affected seabirds are petrels and shearwaters (Procellariiformes). At least 56 species of Procellariiformes, more than one‐third of them (24) threatened, are subject to grounding by lights. Seabirds grounded by lights have been found worldwide, mainly on oceanic islands but also at some continental locations. Petrel breeding grounds confined to formerly uninhabited islands are particularly at risk from light …

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Rodríguez A. Holmes N.D. Ryan P.G. Wilson K.-J. Faulquier L. Murillo Y. Raine A.F. Penniman J.F. Neves V. Rodríguez B. Negro J.J. Chiaradia A. Dann P. Anderson T. Metzger B. Shirai M. Deppe L. Wheeler J. Hodum P.J. Gouveia C. Carmo V. Carreira G.P. Delgado-Alburqueque L. Guerra-Correa C. Couzi F.X. Travers M. y Le Corre M. Seabird mortality induced by land‐based artificial lights. Jstor, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12900

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Date of creation 2024-12-02
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Name of the dataset creator Rodríguez, A., Holmes, N.D., Ryan, P.G., Wilson, K.-J., Faulquier, L., Murillo, Y., Raine, A.F., Penniman, J.F., Neves, V., Rodríguez, B., Negro, J.J., Chiaradia, A., Dann, P., Anderson, T., Metzger, B., Shirai, M., Deppe, L., Wheeler, J., Hodum, P.J., Gouveia, C., Carmo, V., Carreira, G.P., Delgado-Alburqueque, L., Guerra-Correa, C., Couzi, F.X., Travers, M. y Le Corre, M.
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