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Future environmental scenarios for offshore wind expansion: Methodology recommendations.

Published online: 27 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Still, D. & Pacitto, S. & Miller, M. & Kazer, S. & Purcell, C. & Gloyne-Phillips, I.

Content type: Reports

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland commissioned a study to scope out illustrati...

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Greater impacts of wind farms on bird populations during construction than subsequent operation: results of a multi-site and multi-species analysis.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Stephen, L. & Douse, A. & Langston, R. H. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There has been a rapid increase in the development of renewable energy because of the need to combat climate change. One of the most widely used techn...

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A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor.

Published online: 14 Aug 2021

Authors: Murgatroyd, M. & Bouten, W. & Amar, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the rapid growth of wind energy developments world-wide, it is critical that the negative impacts on wildlife are considered and mitigated. This ...

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Effects of wind farms and food scarcity on a large scavenging bird species following an epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Martínez-Abraín, A. & Tavecchia, G. & Regan, H. M. & Jiménez, J. & Surroca, M. & Oro, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wind farms are emerging as a major cause of mortality of large scavenging bird species, which may be catastrophic when they operate in concert with ot...

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Sensitivity analysis of collision risk at wind turbines based on flight altitude of migratory waterbirds.

Published online: 16 May 2023

Authors: Kamata, T. & Sato, H. & Mukai, H. & Sato, T. & Yamada, S. & Sekijima, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

A rapid increase in wind power generation has led to bird collisions becoming a serious problem worldwide. Developing useful sensitivity maps to selec...

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A pathway for citizen science data to inform policy: a case study using ebird data for defining low-risk collision areas for wind energy development.

Published online: 18 Jun 2021

Authors: Ruiz-Gutierrez, V. & Bjerre, E. R. & Otto, M. C. & Zimmerman, G. S. & Millsap, B. A. & Fink, D. & Stuber, E. F. & Strimas-Mackey, M. & Robinson, O. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The research and conservation community has successfully harnessed the wealth of ecological knowledge found in unprecedented volumes of citizen scienc...

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Relative energy production determines effect of repowering on wildlife mortality at wind energy facilities.

Published online: 20 Jun 2021

Authors: Huso, M. & Conkling, T. & Dalthorp, D. & Davis, M. & Smith, H. & Fesnock, A. & Katzner, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reduction in wildlife mortality is often cited as a potential advantage to repowering wind facilities, that is, replacing smaller, lower capacity, clo...

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Confirmation that eagle fatalities can be reduced by automated curtailment of wind turbines.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: McClure, C. J. W. & Rolek, B. & Dunn, L. & McCabe, J. D. & Martinson, L. & Katzner, T. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Automated curtailment is potentially a powerful technique to reduce collision mortality of wildlife with wind turbines. Previously, we used a befor...

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Integrating encounter theory with decision analysis to evaluate collision risk and determine optimal protection zones for wildlife.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Udell, B. J. & Martin, J. & Fletcher, R. J., Jr. & Bonneau, M. & Edwards, H. H. & Gowan, T. A. & Hardy, S. K. & Gurarie, E. & Calleson, C. S. & Deutsch, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Better understanding human-wildlife interactions and their links with management can help improve the design of wildlife protection zones. One exam...

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Ensemble predictions are essential for accurate bird migration forecasts for conservation and flight safety.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Kranstauber, B. & Bouten, W. & Gasteren, H. van & Shamoun-Baranes, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Accurate predictions of the abundance of migrating birds are important to avoid aerial conflicts of birds, for example, with aviation or wind power in...

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