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Maurice Donners1, Roy H A van Grunsven2,3,4,5, Dick Groenendijk5

  • 1Signify Research, High Tech Campus 7, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology
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DipteraLepidopteraartificial light at nightlight pollutionphototaxisspectral sensitivity

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