Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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In Press

Deitsch JF, †Cruz Huerta A & ‡Seymoure BM. Butterflies at porch lights: exploring light visitation in butterflies using community science data. Accepted with minor revisions at Insect Conservation and Diversity.

Da Cunha O, Mead JJ, †Sanchez BA, †Pollard KJ, Johnson JD & ‡Seymoure BM. Insights into the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis: Exploring the influence of personality on movement ecology in the western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). In Press at Animal Behaviour.

Grant E, Seymoure BM, López-Sepulcre A, Yang Y & Gordon S. Light modulates population differences in alternative mating tactics in Trinidadian guppies. In Press at Animal Behavior.

2025

Chock R, Allison A, Arévalo JE, Arteaga Torres J, Baker L, Bessa E, Blumstein D, Buchholz R, Clucas B, Hamilton D, Hayward Nute L, Kitheka B, Monteza C, Nuñez C, Pinho G, Rodriguez-Fonseca J, Sandoval L, Schulte B, Stamm J, Verdolin J, Von Hagen L, Wehsener J & ‡Seymoure BM. Balancing ecotourism and wildlife management through a conservation behavior approach. In Press at Conservation Science and Practice. See PDF.

‡Seymoure BM, †Pollard KJ, †Sanchez BA, Horne LM, †Portz A, †Savage J, †Smith C, †Duffendack S, †Cotty E, Field E, Neria O, †Moore A, †Saenz-Arreola S, †Olivas A, & Da Cunha O. Predation of the white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) is dependent upon time of day but not human disturbance. Ecological Entomology. See PDF.

‡Seymoure BM, Buxton R, White J, Linares C, Fristrup K, Crooks K, Wittemyer G & Angeloni L. Global artificial light masks biologically important light cycles of animals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. See PDF.

2024

Owens ACS, Pocock MJO & ‡Seymoure BM. Current evidence in support of insect-friendly lighting practices. Current Opinions in Insect Science, 66, 101276. See PDF.

†Farhang S, Duffy D & ‡Seymoure BM. Variation in terrestrial arthropod communities across seasons and differently planted infiltration basins. The Canadian Entomologist, 156, e13. See PDF.

Da Cunha, Fournier C, Horne LM, ‡Seymoure BM, Johnson J. You can’t see me: Background matching is independent of temperature in the Western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). Journal of Zoology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13167. See PDF.

‡Seymoure BM, †Parrish T, †Egan K, †Furr M, †Erwin D, †Brown C, †Crump C, White J, Crooks K & Angeloni L. Better red than dead: plasticine moths are attacked less under HPS streetlights than LEDs. Basic and Applied Ecology, 74, 66-73. See PDF.

2023

Rutowski RL, Lessios N, Seymoure BM, Pegram K & †Raymundo A. Male display in a swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) ensures directional iridescent sexual signal is visible to female during courtship. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 77. See PDF.

‡Seymoure BM, Dell AI, Holker F, & Kalinkat G. A framework for untangling the consequences of artificial light at night on species interactions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378, 1892. See PDF.

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.