Impacts of wind energy on environment: A review

S Wang, S Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Wind power is increasingly being used worldwide as an important contribution to renewable
energy. The development of wind power may lead to unexpected environmental impacts …

Opposing wind energy landscapes: a search for common cause

MJ Pasqualetti - Annals of the Association of American …, 2011‏ - Taylor & Francis
Although wind power is local, sustainable, affordable, and carbon free, mounting public
opposition to the landscape changes it produces threatens its expansion. In an era when …

Key conservation issues for migratory land-and waterbird species on the world's major flyways

JS Kirby, AJ Stattersfield, SHM Butchart… - Bird Conservation …, 2008‏ - cambridge.org
An estimated 19% of the world's 9,856 extant bird species are migratory, including some
1,600 species of land-and waterbirds. In 2008, 11% of migratory land-and waterbirds were …

One hundred questions of importance to the conservation of global biological diversity

WJ Sutherland, WM Adams, RB Aronson… - Conservation …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
We identified 100 scientific questions that, if answered, would have the greatest impact on
conservation practice and policy. Representatives from 21 international organizations …

[كتاب][B] Bird migration

I Newton - 2010‏ - nora.nerc.ac.uk
The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The
arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and …

[كتاب][B] Wind energy-the facts: a guide to the technology, economics and future of wind power

European Wind Energy Association - 2012‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Wind power is often held up as the most accessible and cost-effective route to reducing our
reliance on fossil fuels and improving our energy independence, yet knowledge of what it …

Avoidance behavior by prairie grouse: implications for development of wind energy

CL Pruett, MA Patten, DH Wolfe - Conservation Biology, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
New wind‐energy facilities and their associated power transmission lines and roads are
being constructed at a rapid pace in the Great Plains of North America. Nevertheless, little is …

Windfarm collisions in medium‐sized raptors: even increasing populations can suffer strong demographic impacts

O Duriez, P Pilard, N Saulnier, P Boudarel… - Animal …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The impact of bird mortality by collision on windfarms has often been evaluated at the
individual level, but rarely at the population level. The Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni is an …

Impacts of wind farms on swans and geese: a review

EC Rees - Wildfowl, 2012‏ - wildfowl.wwt.org.uk
This review considers data published on the effects of offshore and onshore windfarms on
swans and geese and finds that the information available is patchy. Of 72 swans or geese …

Estimating bat and bird mortality occurring at wind energy turbines from covariates and carcass searches using mixture models

F Korner-Nievergelt, R Brinkmann, I Niermann, O Behr - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Environmental impacts of wind energy facilities increasingly cause concern, a central issue
being bats and birds killed by rotor blades. Two approaches have been employed to assess …