Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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Preprints

Seymoure BM, Buxton R, White J, Linares C, Fristrup K, Crooks K, Wittemyer G & Angeloni L. Global light pollution masks natural light cycles and affects numerous species. Revised and Resubmitted to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. See Preprint PDF.

Published

2021

*†Brown C, *†Crump M, Lemoine N, Griffin-Nolan RJ, Angeloni L & ‡Seymoure BM. Effects of low-level artificial light at night on Kentucky bluegrass and an introduced herbivore. In Press. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. See PDF.

Ditmer M, Francis C, Barber J, Stoner D, Seymoure BM, Fristrup K & Carter N. Assessing the vulnerabilities of vertebrate species to light and noise pollution: Expert surveys illuminate the impacts on special species. Integrative and Comparative Biology. See PDF.

Wilson AA, Seymoure BM, †Vosbigian R, †Jaeger S, †Payne H, †Peria L, †Milstead B & Francis CD. Direct and ambient light pollution alters recruitment for a diurnal plant-pollinator system. Integrative and Comparative Biology. See PDF.

Broder D, Elias D, Morris M, Rosenthal G, Seymoure BM & Tinghitella R. Evolutionary novelty in communication between the sexes. Biology Letters. See PDF.

2020

Jones B*, *‡Seymoure BM, Comi T & Loew E. Species and sex differences in eye morphology and visual sensitivity of nocturnal sweat bees (Megalopta spp., Hymenoptera: Halictidae). In Press at Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Preprint available at SSRN: www.https://sswn.com/abstract=3469351 See Preprint PDF.

Buxton R, Seymoure BM, White J, Angeloni L, Crooks K, Fristrup K, McKenna M. & Wittemyer G. The relationship between anthropogenic light and noise in US National Parks. Landscape Ecology. See PDF.

Dominoni DM, Halfwerk W, Baird E, Buxton RT, Fernandez-Juricic E, Fristrup KM, Markham KE, McKenna MF, Mennitt DJ, Perkin EK, Seymoure BM, Stoner D, Tennessen JB, Toth CA, Tyrell LP, Wilson A, Francis CD, Carter N & Barber JR. Perceptual pollution: Why conservation biology needs sensory ecology.Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1-10. See PDF.

2019

Owens ACS, Cochard P, Durrant J, Farnworth B, Perkin EK & ‡Seymoure BM. Light pollution is driving insect declines. In Press at Biological Conservation. See PDF. Press coverage: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/22/light-pollution-insect-apocalypse; https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172wq51lh940j3; https://www.foxnews.com/science/insect-apocalypse-light-pollution-reveal; https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191118162938.htm; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/light-pollution-contributes-insect-apocalypse-180973642/; https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7715309/Light-pollution-driving-INSECT-APOCALYPSE-scientists-claim.html; https://earther.gizmodo.com/bug-scientists-uncover-a-new-cause-of-the-insect-apocal-1840001258; https://nypost.com/2019/11/25/scientists-reveal-light-pollution-is-driving-the-insect-apocalypse/; https://attentiontotheunseen.com/2019/11/28/light-pollution-is-key-bringer-of-insect-apocalypse/; https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/light-pollution-artificial-light-insect-population-science-courtship-cues-1320532; https://www.ibtimes.com/scientists-make-shocking-revelation-how-light-pollution-causes-insect-apocalypse-2873724; https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/light-pollution-key-bringer-of-insect-apocalypse; https://www.dualdove.com/light-pollution-might-start-a-bee-apocalypse/5318/; https://insideecology.com/2019/11/19/four-ways-to-curb-light-pollution-save-bugs/; http://www.hillcountryalliance.org/light-pollution-is-key-bringer-of-insect-apocalypse/; https://envirocentersoco.org/updates/2019/11/light-pollution-is-key-bringer-of-insect-apocalypse/; https://www.tovima.gr/2019/12/04/science/allazoume-ta-fota-sta-entoma/

Seymoure BM, White J, Linares C. Connecting spectral radiometry of anthropogenic light sources to the visual ecology of organisms. Journal of Zoology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12656. See PDF.

*Briolat ES, *Burdfield-Steel ER, *Paul SC, *Rönka KH, *Seymoure BM, *Stankowich T & *Stuckert AM. Diversity in warning colouration: Selective paradox or the norm? Biological Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12460. See PDF.

2018

Alaasam VJ, Duncan R, Casagrande S, Davies S, †Sidher A, Seymoure BM, Zhang Y & Ouyang JQ. Glucocorticoid and locomotor activity responses to LED light at night are dependent on color temperature. Journal of Experimental Zoology A, https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2168. See PDF.

Seymoure BM. Enlightening butterfly conservation efforts: The Importance of light for butterfly behavioral ecology and conservation. Insects, 9, 22; doi:10.3390/insects9010022. See PDF.

2017

Seymoure BM, Raymundo A, McGraw KJ, McMillan WO & Rutowski RL. Environment dependent survival of cryptic and aposematic butterflies. Current Zoology, 64: 663-669. See PDF.

2016

Turlure C, Schtickzelle N, Van Dyck H, Seymoure BM & Rutowski RL. 2016. Flight morphology, compound eye design and dispersal in butterflies: an inter- and intraspecific comparison. PLOS ONE, 11(6):e0158073. See PDF.

Thurman T* & Seymoure BM*. 2016. Heliconius sara and Mimoides pausanias mimicry: a bird’s eye view. Journal of Zoology,298: 159-168. See PDF. Paper of the Year at Journal of Zoology 2016.

Brashears J, Aiello A & Seymoure BM. 2016. Cool bands: Wing bands decrease rate of heating, but not equilibrium temperature in Anartia fatima. Journal of Thermal Biology, 56: 100-108. See PDF.

2015

Seymoure BM, McMillan WO & Rutowski RL. 2015. Peripheral eye morphology in Heliconius butterflies: interspecific variation in corneal surface area and fact diameters not related to mimicry rings. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 48: 83-92. See PDF.

Hutton P*, Seymoure BM*, McGraw KJ, Ligon R* & Simpson R*. 2015. Dynamic Color Communication. Current Opinions in Behavioral Sciences, 6: 41-49. See PDF.

Seymoure BM & Aiello A. 2015. Keeping the band together: Evidence for false boundary disruptive coloration in a butterfly. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28: 1618-1624. See PDF.

Bergman M, Lessios N, Seymoure BM & Rutowski RL. 2015. Mate detection in a territorial butterfly – the effect of background and luminance contrast. Behavioral Ecology, 26: 851-860. See PDF.

2014

Kikuchi D, Seymoure BM & Pfennig D. 2014. Mimicry's palette: widespread use of conserved pigments in the aposematic signals of snakes. Evolution and Development, 2: 61-67. See PDF.

2013

Seymoure BM, Moeller K, Borchert J, Stahlschmidt A & Ganesh T. 2013. Our Watery World. Science Scope. See PDF.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Seymoure BM, Chock R & Peterson E. 2021 “Conservation Behavior: Effects of Light Pollution on Insects.” Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field, 2nd edition, edited by Margulis S & Zimbler-DeLorenzo H, Elsevier.