Nocturnal flight-calling behaviour predicts vulnerability to artificial light in migratory birds

Understanding interactions between biota and the built environment is increasingly important as human modification of the landscape expands in extent and intensity. For migratory birds, collisions with lighted structures are a major cause of mortality, but the mechanisms behind these collisions are...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2019-04, Vol.286 (1900), p.1-10
Main Authors: Winger, Benjamin M., Weeks, Brian C., Farnsworth, Andrew, Jones, Andrew W., Hennen, Mary, Willard, David E.
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