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Mapping bird and bat assemblage vulnerability for predicting wind energy impact
Author: Morant, Jon; et al. | Spain, Wildlife
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 | Wildlife
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: . . .
More »Analysis of displacement from wind turbines in a wintering grassland bird community
Author: Stevens, T.K.; Hale, A.M.; Karsten, K.B.; and Bennett, V.J. | Texas, Wildlife
Abstract – Wind energy development is rapidly increasing within breeding and wintering ranges of many grassland birds in North America. Despite recognized environmental benefits of such development, wind farms have the potential to negatively impact bird communities. Using an area-search method, we surveyed grassland birds within a matrix of pastures, hay fields, and agricultural lands at a wind facility in north-central Texas during the winters of 2009/10 and 2010/11. We used binary logistic regression to examine the effect of distance from . . .
More »Large-scale effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds of high conservation concern
Author: Garthe, Stefan; et al. | Environment, Germany
[abstract] The North Sea is a key area worldwide for the installation of offshore wind farms (OWFs). We analysed data from multiple sources to quantify the effects of OWFs on seabirds from the family Gaviidae (loons) in the German North Sea. The distribution and abundance of loons changed substantially from the period before to the period after OWF construction. Densities of loons were significantly reduced at distances of up to 9–12 km from the OWF footprints. Abundance declined by 94% . . .
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