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Estimated golden eagle mortality from wind turbines in the western United States
Author: Gedir, Jay; et al.
Abstract: Wind power is increasingly meeting global renewable energy demands; however, more turbines leads to increased bird-turbine collisions, particularly raptors, which can negatively impact populations. We estimated annual turbine mortalities of the federally-protected golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in the western United States (2013–2024) with a Bayesian collision risk model (CRM). We used eBird relative abundance data to predict areas where golden eagles are at lower or higher risk of turbine collisions and turbine data from the U.S. Geological Survey U.S. . . .
More »Potential feeding sites for seabirds and marine mammals reveal large overlap with offshore wind energy development worldwide
Author: Morant, Jon; et al.
Abstract: Offshore wind energy is experiencing accelerated growth worldwide to support global net zero ambitions. To ensure responsible development and to protect the natural environment, it is essential to understand and mitigate the potential impacts on wildlife, particularly on seabirds and marine mammals. However, fully understanding the effects of offshore wind energy production requires characterising its global geographic occurrence and its potential overlap with marine species. This study aims to generate risk maps of interaction between offshore and seabirds and . . .
More »Mapping bird and bat assemblage vulnerability for predicting wind energy impact
Author: Morant, Jon; et al.
Highlights Passerines and raptors faced the highest bird casualties with griffon vultures most affected. Vespertilionidae bats accounted for 94 percent of deaths with P.pipistrellus most affected. Birds with aerial lifestyles and trophic levels correlated with turbine collisions. Bat mortality in wind turbines was related to guild-type. High vulnerability areas for birds and bats are in southern southeastern and northern Spain. Abstract: We examined the main ecological traits linked to wind turbine mortality in 214 bird and 19 bat species in . . .
More »Birds and wind turbines: a collection of research
Author: Various
Visual fields, foraging and collision vulnerability in gulls (Laridae) Ibis (2025), 167, 386–396. doi:10.1111/ibi.13360 Jennifer C. Cantlay, Graham R. Martin, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK Steven J. Portugal, The Natural History Museum, Tring, and Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK Visual field configurations can render some species more vulnerable to collisions with human artefacts that extend into open airspace, such as power lines and wind turbines. Visual fields have three main components: . . .
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