Bird and bat species' global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment

CB Thaxter, GM Buchanan, J Carr… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mitigation of anthropogenic climate change involves deployments of renewable energy
worldwide, including wind farms, which can pose a significant collision risk to volant …

Understanding bird collisions at wind farms: An updated review on the causes and possible mitigation strategies

AT Marques, H Batalha, S Rodrigues, H Costa… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Bird mortality due to collisions with wind turbines is one of the major ecological concerns
associated with wind farms. Data on the factors influencing collision risk and bird fatality are …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of wind energy development on bats: a global perspective

EB Arnett, EF Baerwald, F Mathews… - Bats in the …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
Wind energy continues to be one of the fastest growing renewable energy sources under
development, and while representing a clean energy source, it is not environmentally …

[HTML][HTML] Wind turbines without curtailment produce large numbers of bat fatalities throughout their lifetime: A call against ignorance and neglect

CC Voigt, K Kaiser, S Look, K Scharnweber… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bats are protected by national and international legislation in European countries, yet many
species, particularly migratory aerial insectivores, collide with wind turbines which …

Avian collision risk models for wind energy impact assessments

EA Masden, A Cook - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2016 - Elsevier
With the increasing global development of wind energy, collision risk models (CRMs) are
routinely used to assess the potential impacts of wind turbines on birds. We reviewed and …

Bat mortality due to wind turbines in Canada

JR Zimmerling, CM Francis - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Wind turbines have been hypothesized to affect bat populations; however, no
comprehensive analysis of bat mortality from the operation of wind turbines in Canada has …

An evaluation of bird and bat mortality at wind turbines in the Northeastern United States

DY Choi, TW Wittig, BM Kluever - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Wind energy offers substantial environmental benefits, but wind facilities can negatively
impact wildlife, including birds and bats. Researchers and managers have made major …

A decade of curtailment studies demonstrates a consistent and effective strategy to reduce bat fatalities at wind turbines in North America

MD Whitby, MT O'Mara, CD Hein… - Ecological Solutions …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There is a rapid, global push for wind energy installation. However, large numbers of bats
are killed by turbines each year, raising concerns about the impacts of wind energy …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Does size matter? Investigation of the effect of wind turbine size on bird and bat mortality

JC Garvin, JL Simonis, JL Taylor - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Advancements in wind turbine technology have led to larger, more energy productive
turbines. However, the degree to which increases in turbine size may affect wildlife mortality …