Accounting for artificial light impact on bat activity for a biodiversity-friendly urban planning

• Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning
• Main Authors: Pauwels, J., Le Viol, I., Azam, C., Valet, N., Julien, J.F., Bas, Y., Lemarchand, C., Sánchez de Miguel, A., Kerbiriou, C.
• Other Authors: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité, Région Nord Pas de Calais, Auddicé Environnment
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Landscape ecology; Urbanization; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Outdoor lighting; Light pollution; Land management; Andreas; Avana; Mathieu
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/190182; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.08.030; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001665; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003137

Light pollution constitutes a major threat to biodiversity by decreasing habitat quality and landscape connectivity for nocturnal species. While there is an increasing consideration of biodiversity in urban management policies, the impact of artificial light is poorly accounted for. This is in a lar...