Global review on environmental impacts of onshore wind energy in the field of tension between human societies and natural systems

L Sander, C Jung, D Schindler - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Deploying onshore wind energy as a cornerstone of future global energy systems
challenges societies and decision-makers worldwide. Expanding wind energy should …

A modeling framework for biodiversity assessment in renewable energy development: A case study on European bats and wind turbines

JSP Froidevaux, I Le Viol, K Barré, Y Bas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Combining renewable energy planning and biodiversity conservation is urgently needed to
address the interconnected climate change and biodiversity loss crisis and meet the United …

[HTML][HTML] The use of solar farms by bats in mosaic landscapes: Implications for conservation

KL Szabadi, A Kurali, NAA Rahman… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy is an important renewable energy source. However, the ecological effects of
solar farms are largely unknown. Behavioral experiments proved previously that smooth …

Increased bat hunting at polluted streams suggests chemical exposure rather than prey shortage

M Huszarik, AP Roodt, T Wernicke, F Chávez… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Streams and their riparian areas are important habitats and foraging sites for bats feeding on
emergent aquatic insects. Chemical pollutants entering freshwater streams from agricultural …

State of nature 2023

F Burns, S Mordue, N al Fulaij, PH Boersch-Supan… - 2023 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
Chris O’Reilly (rspb-images.com) Page 1 1 STATE OF NATURE 2023 PARTNERSHIP Chris
O’Reilly (rspb-images.com) Page 2 3 The UK, like most other countries worldwide, has …

Wind energy development can lead to guild‐specific habitat loss in boreal forest bats

RA McKay, SE Johns, R Bischof, F Matthews… - Wildlife …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forest management rarely considers protecting bats in Fennoscandian regions although all
species rely on forest habitat at some point in their annual cycle. This issue is especially …

The importance of investigating the impact of simultaneous anthropogenic stressors: the effects of rising temperatures and anthropogenic noise on avian behaviour …

G Blackburn, C Soravia, AR Ridley - Journal of Avian Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rising temperatures and anthropogenic noise are two of the most pervasive and well
researched anthropogenic stressors affecting avian species globally. Despite often …

Characterising diel activity patterns to design conservation measures: Case study of European bat species

L Mariton, I Le Viol, Y Bas, C Kerbiriou - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Although diel activity time is a major axis of species' niche space, very few conservation
measures focus on preserving daily periods free of anthropogenic pressures. While the …

Far-reaching displacement effects of artificial light at night in a North American bat community

CL Seewagen, J Nadeau-Gneckow… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a global pollutant that disrupts circadian rhythmicity and a
broad range of physiological processes and behaviors in animals. However, ALAN …

[HTML][HTML] Reappraising the use of forearm rings for bat species

L Lobato-Bailón, A López-Baucells, D Guixé… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Long-term mark-recapture studies are essential for bat conservation. Over the last decades,
millions of bats across Europe and America have been marked with forearm rings for this …