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To cite skylight in publications use:
Hufkens, Koen, Meier, M. C, Evens, Ruben, Paredes, Arán J, Karaardiç, Hakan, Vercauteren, Stef, Van Gysel, Ann, Fox, W. J, Pacheco, Miguel C, Silva d, P. L, Fernandes, Sandra, Henriques, Pedro, Elias, Gonçalo, Costa, T. L, Poot, Martin, Kearsley, Lyndon (2023). “Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three western palaearctic swifts.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(2010), 20230957. doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.0957.
Corresponding BibTeX entry:
@Article{,
author = {{Hufkens} and {Koen} and {Meier} and Christoph M. and
{Evens} and {Ruben} and {Paredes} and Josefa Arán and {Karaardiç}
and {Hakan} and {Vercauteren} and {Stef} and {Van Gysel} and
{Ann} and {Fox} and James W. and {Pacheco} and Carlos Miguel and
da Silva and Luis P. and {Fernandes} and {Sandra} and {Henriques}
and {Pedro} and {Elias} and {Gonçalo} and {Costa} and Luís T. and
{Poot} and {Martin} and {Kearsley} and {Lyndon}},
title = {Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight
profiles of three western palaearctic swifts},
journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences},
volume = {290},
number = {2010},
pages = {20230957},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1098/rspb.2023.0957},
abstract = {Recent studies have suggested the presence of moonlight
mediated behaviour in avian aerial insectivores, such as swifts.
Here, we use the combined analysis of state-of-the-art activity
logger data across three swift species, the common, pallid and
alpine swifts, to quantify flight height and activity in
responses to moonlight-driven crepuscular and nocturnal light
conditions. Our results show a significant response in flight
heights to moonlight illuminance for common and pallid swifts,
i.e. when moon illuminance increased flight height also
increased, while a moonlight-driven response is absent in alpine
swifts. We show a weak relationship between night-time
illuminance-driven responses and twilight ascending behaviour,
suggesting a decoupling of both crepuscular and night-time
behaviour. We suggest that swifts optimize their flight behaviour
to adapt to favourable night-time light conditions, driven by
light-responsive and size-dependent vertical insect
stratification and weather conditions.},
}
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