Slugs (Arionidae) benefit from nocturnal artificial illumination
- Artificial illumination increases around the globe and this has been found to affect many groups of organisms and ecosystems. By manipulating nocturnal illumination using one large experimental field site with 24 streetlights and one dark control, we assessed the impact of artificial illumination on slugs over a period of 4 years. The number of slugs, primarily Arionidae, increased strongly in the illuminated site but not on the dark site. There are several nonexclusive explanations for this effect, including reduced predation and increased food quality in the form of carcasses of insects attracted by the light. As slugs play an important role in ecosystems and are also important pest species, the increase of slugs under artificial illumination cannot only affect ecosystem functioning but also have important economic consequences.
Verfasserangaben: | Roy Hendrikus Antonius van GrunsvenORCiDGND, David Jaehnichen, Maja GrubisicORCiDGND, Franz HölkerORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2170 |
ISSN: | 2471-5646 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29761669 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology |
Verlag: | Wiley |
Verlagsort: | Hoboken |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 14.05.2018 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 14.09.2021 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | ALAN; Arionidae; gastropoda; light pollution; phototaxis |
Band: | 329 |
Ausgabe: | 8-9 |
Seitenanzahl: | 5 |
Erste Seite: | 429 |
Letzte Seite: | 433 |
Fördernde Institution: | Federal Ministry of Education and Research, GermanyFederal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF) [BMBF-033L038A]; Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany [3514821700] |
Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access / Green Open-Access |