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Acknowledgements

We thank J. Conrad and T. Shatwell for providing us with the data on predicted illuminance. We acknowledge funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no. 173178) to A.R.

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  1. Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, CNRS, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

    Luis M. San-Jose

  2. Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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L.M.S.-J. reran the statistical models, and L.M.S.-J. and A.R. wrote the manuscript.

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San-Jose, L.M., Roulin, A. Reply to: Lunar illuminated fraction is a poor proxy for moonlight exposure. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 320–321 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1097-6

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