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Travis Longcore (UCLA) Explains Basics of Light Impacts on Nature
This presentation was given to a small group in Canada, but has global significance. Road Ecology Center collaborator Dr. Travis Longcore (UCLA) gives a very accessible breakdown of how light impacts animals of all kinds and some of what we can do about it. Click here to access the full hour-long talk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_-7qfdxWpx92uKEeENGWS5wKSHJI2S-8/view?pli=1
This talk can be paired with two publications describing impacts of light on mountain lion movement (Barrientos et al., 2023: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0370) and mitigation for the impacts using easy engineering fixes (Shilling et al., 2020: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4vk0m9cs).