Chronobiology by moonlight
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Most studies in chronobiology focus on solar cycles (daily and annual). Moonlight and the lunar cycle received considerably less attention by chronobiologists. An exception are rhythms in intertidal species. Terrestrial ecologists long ago acknowledged the effects of moonlight on predation success, and consequently on predation risk, foraging behaviour and habitat use, while marine biologists have focused more on the behaviour and mainly on reproduction synchronization with relation to the Moon phase. Lately, several studies in different animal taxa addressed the role of moonlight in determining activity and studied the underlying mechanisms. In this paper, we review the ecological and behavioural evidence showing the effect of moonlight on activity, discuss the adaptive value of these changes, and describe possible mechanisms underlying this effect. We will also refer to other sources of night-time light (‘light pollution’) and highlight open questions that demand further studies.
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In many marine species and some terrestrial species, reproductive behavior is synchronized with a particular phase of the lunar cycle.
“In many marine species (1–5) and some terrestrial species (6–9), reproductive behavior is synchronized with a particular phase of the lunar cycle (often full or new moon).”
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- Authors
- Kronfeld-Schor, N., Dominoni, D., de la Iglesia, H., Levy, O., Herzog, E. D., Dayan, T., & Helfrich-Forster, C.
- Affiliations
- Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- University of Konstanz (DE)
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Bar-Ilan University (IL)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, University of Wurzburg, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2013-08-22
- Volume
- 280
- Issue
- 1765
- Pages
- 20123088
- ISSN
- 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
- 0962-8452
- 1471-2954
- PMC
- PMC3712431
- OpenAlex
- W2102275843
- Cited by
- 245
- References
- 163
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 7
- FWCI
- 1.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- moonlight, lunar cycle, nocturnal behaviour, predation risk, foraging behavior, habitat use, light pollution, circadian rhythm, intertidal organisms
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Behavior, Animal, Circadian Rhythm, Feeding Behavior, Invertebrates, Light, Predatory Behavior, Reproduction, Vertebrates, Moon
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