Using scent detection dogs in conservation settings: a review of scientific literature regarding their selection

SC Beebe, TJ Howell, PC Bennett - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Dogs are widely used for scent detection work, assisting in searches for, among other things,
missing persons, explosives, and even cancers. They are also increasingly used in …

[HTML][HTML] A review of post-construction monitoring practices used in the evaluation of transmission power line impacts on birds and mitigation effectiveness, with …

RC Martins, J Bernardino, F Moreira - Environmental Impact Assessment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bird mortality by collision is one of the major biodiversity impacts of transmission power
lines. The European Union legislation determines that overhead power lines subject to …

Drone‐based thermal imaging in the detection of wildlife carcasses and disease management

J Rietz, STS van Beeck Calkoen, N Ferry… - Transboundary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Because animal carcasses often serve as reservoirs for pathogens, their location and
removal are crucial in controlling the spread of diseases. During carcass decomposition …

Effects of wind turbine curtailment on bird and bat fatalities

KS Smallwood, DA Bell - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bird and bat fatalities increase with wind energy expansion and the only effective fatality‐
reduction measure has been operational curtailment, which has been documented for bats …

Utility‐scale solar impacts to volant wildlife

KS Smallwood - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, United States government
agencies, including those in California, initiated aggressive programs to hasten …

[PDF][PDF] Bats and roads

J Altringham, G Kerth - Bats in the Anthropocene: conservation of …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
The effects of roads on bats have been largely neglected until recently, despite growing
evidence for profound effects on other wildlife. Roads destroy, fragment and degrade …

Evaluating conservation dogs in the search for rare species

EM Bennett, CE Hauser, JL Moore - Conservation Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Detecting rare species is important for both threatened species management and invasive
species eradication programs. Conservation scent dogs provide an olfactory survey tool that …

Dogs detect larger wind energy effects on bats and birds

KS Smallwood, DA Bell… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As wind turbine‐caused mortality of birds and bats increases with increasing wind energy
capacity, accurate fatality estimates are needed to assess effects, identify collision factors …

Evaluation of an acoustic deterrent to reduce bat mortalities at an Illinois wind farm

WB Romano, JR Skalski, RL Townsend… - Wildlife Society …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT From 2014 to 2016, GE Renewable Energy and California Ridge Wind Energy
tested an ultrasonic bat deterrent system during the autumn bat migration period at an …

Conservation detection dogs: A critical review of efficacy and methodology

B McKeague, C Finlay, N Rooney - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation detection dogs (CDD) use their exceptional olfactory abilities to assist a wide
range of conservation projects through the detection of target specimens or species. CDD …