Differential effects of artificial lighting on flight and foraging behaviour of two sympatric bat species in a desert

By Tal Polak, C. Korine, S. Yair, M. Holderied. 2011

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The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal (2013, background): “Increased foraging around street lights has been widely reported for some species of bats (e.g. Rydell, 1991, 1992, 2006; Blake et al., 1994; Polak et al., 2011), particularly around lamps which emit at low wavelengths, attract large numbers of insects, and which may interfere with prey defences (Sv”
Conserving energy at a cost to biodiversity? Impacts of LED lighting on bats (2012, methodology): “The reduction in activity of some bat species at the expense of others may result in competitive exclusion of less tolerant species, as more light tolerant species may out-compete them for aerial insect prey (Polak et al., 2011).”
Dark Matters: The Effects of Artificial Lighting on Bats (2016, background): “The current literature highlights that artificial lighting causes species-specific responses (Rydell 1992; Stone et al. 2009, 2012; Jung and Kalko 2010), which could cause light-tolerant species to exclude light-averse species (Polak et al. 2011; Stone et al. 2012).”
Bats and Water: Anthropogenic Alterations Threaten Global Bat Populations (2016, background): “The documented competition between Kuhl’s pipistrelle and desert-dwelling bat species (Polak et al. 2011; Razgour et al. 2011), combined with the increasing development of bodies of open water in the Negev and other drylands, may lead to further resource competition resulting in loss to the region’s”