Melatonin: a possible link between the presence of artificial light at night and reductions in biological fitness

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2015-05-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rstb.2014.0122PMID 25780235PMCID PMC4375363
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