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Is it safe for honey bee colonies to locate apiaries near wind turbines? | Fourrier, J.; Fontaine, O.; Peter, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Invertebrates | ||
Effects of habitat factors on the plant diversity on naturally-restored wind farm slopes | Wang, P.; Yu, H.; Xiao, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Minimizing habitat conflicts in meeting net-zero energy targets in the western United States | Wu, G.; Jones, R.; Leslie, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Wind energy expansion and birds: Identifying priority areas for impact avoidance at a national level | Balotari-Chiebao, F.; Santangeli, A.; Piirainen, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes | |
Environmental variables for distribution modelling of UK marine megafauna species | Wilkinson, D.; Quinn, J. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | ||
International assessment of priority environmental issues for land-based and offshore wind energy development | Green, R.; Gill, E.; Hein, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | |
Balancing future renewable energy infrastructure siting and associated habitat loss for migrating whooping cranes | Ellis, K.; Pearse, A.; Brandt, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment | |
Diet analysis of bats killed at wind turbines suggests large-scale losses of trophic interactions | Scholz, C.; Voigt, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Invertebrates | |
Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts Related to the Wind Farms End-of-Life | Mello, G.; Dias, M.; Robaina, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment | |
Adverse environmental impacts of wind farm installations and alternative research pathways to their mitigation | Chowdhury, N.; Shakib, M.; Xu, F.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions | ||
Wind energy and its link to sustainability in developing countries | Kabir, M.; Sree, N.; Khatod, K.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Visual Impacts | |
Activity Pattern and Correlation between Bat and Insect Abundance at Wind Turbines in South Sweden | de Jong, J.; Millon, L.; Håstad, O.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision | Bats, Invertebrates | |
Design, production, and validation of the biological and structural performance of an ecologically engineered concrete block mattress: A Nature-Inclusive Design for shoreline and offshore construction | Sella, I.; Hadary, T.; Rella, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Assessing the effect of wind farms in fauna with a mathematical model | Roman, P.; Salinas, C.; Araujo, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Detection-reaction systems in onshore windfarms, a mitigation solution to reduce bird fatalities: Principles for a relevant assessment of their performances | Corbeau, A.; Dupont, S.; Besnard, A. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes | |
Vibrational noise from wind energy-turbines negatively impacts earthworm abundance | Velilla, E.; Collinson, E.; Bellato, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Invertebrates | |
Guidelines for Lighting and Marking of Structures Supporting Renewable Energy Development | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Lighting | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | |
Environmental Impact of Solar and Wind energy- A Review | Hamed, T.; Alshare, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development: guidelines for project developers | Bennun, L.; van Bochove, J.; Ng, C.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals | |
Ectoparasite Load Is Reduced in Side-Blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana) at Wind Farms: Implications for Oxidative Stress | Alaasam, V.; Keehn, J.; Durso, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Noise | Reptiles | |
Wind Energy Technologies Office Multi-Year Program Plan Fiscal Years 2021—2025 | Marlay, R.; Ahlgrimm, J.; Clapper, M.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | |
Guidance document on wind energy developments and EU nature legislation | European Commission | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | |
Enabling Renewable Energy While Protecting Wildlife: An Ecological Risk-Based Approach to Wind Energy Development Using Ecosystem-Based Management Values | Copping, A.; Gorton, A.; May, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | |
The Wildlife Sensitivity Mapping Manual: Practical guidance for renewable energy planning in the European Union | Allinson, T.; Jobson, B.; Crowe, O.; et al. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Physical Environment, Marine Mammals | ||
Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Summer 2016–Spring 2019 Seasonal Surveys Large Bony Fish and Fish Shoals Final Report | Normandeau Associates Inc | Report | Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Fish | ||
Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Sixth Interim Report | Normandeau Associates Inc | Report | Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
Quantifying the differences in avian attack rates on reptiles between an infrastructure and a control site | Law, C.; Lancaster, L.; Hall, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Reptiles | |
Operational-dependent wind turbine wake impact on surface momentum flux revealed by snow-powered flow imaging | Abraham, A.; Hong, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Ecosystem Processes | |
Quantifying biodiversity trade-offs in the face of widespread renewable and unconventional energy development | Popescu, V.; Munshaw, R.; Shackelford, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Riverine, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Fish, Terrestrial Mammals | ||
Biodiversity conservation versus wind power development in the state of Oklahoma: assessing opinion where green interests collide | Burch, C. | Thesis | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
Challenges of future energy landscapes in Germany — a nature conservation perspective | Ponitka, J.; Boettner, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Potential environmental impacts of wind energy development: A global perspective | Nazir, M.; Ali, N.; Bilal, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Ecosystem Processes | |
Impactos ambientales de los parques eólicos y líneas de transmisión de energía sobre la biodiversidad de áreas protegidas del departamento de la Guajira-Colombia | Garavito-Terrez, L | Thesis | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment | ||
Guía para la descripción de centrales eólicas de generación de energía eléctrica en el SEIA (segunda edición) | Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de Chile | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | ||
U.S. Geological Survey energy and wildlife research annual report for 2019 | Khalil, M. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Terrestrial Mammals | ||
Positive ecological effects of wind farms on vegetation in China’s Gobi desert | Xu, K.; He, L.; Hu, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Ecosystem Processes | ||
Renewable Energy: Wind Turbines, Solar Cells, Small Hydroelectric Plants, Biomass, and Geothermal Sources of Energy | Kablar, N. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Fish | |
Population-Level Effects of Wind Farms on a Desert Lizard | Keehn, J.; Shoemaker, K.; Feldman, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Reptiles | |
Wind farms have cascading impacts on ecosystems across trophic levels | Thaker, M.; Zambre, A.; Bhosale, H. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Raptors, Ecosystem Processes, Birds | ||
Appendix III-M Supplemental Information for the Assessment of Potential Impacts to Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles During Construction, Operation, and Decommissioning of the Vineyard Wind Project | Pyć, C.; Zeddies, D.; Denes, S.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Marine Mammals, Reptiles | |
Agassiz’s desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) activity areas are little changed after wind turbine-induced fires in California | Lovich, J.; Agha, M.; Ennen, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Reptiles | ||
Resolving environmental effects of wind energy | Sinclair, K.; Copping, A.; May, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals | ||
Field Observations During Wind Turbine Foundation Installation at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island | Amaral, J.; Beard, R.; Barham, R.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Noise | Fish | |
Predator attack rates and anti-predator behavior of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) at Southern California wind farms, USA | Keehn, J.; Feldman, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Reptiles | |
Scoping advice on information required in environmental impact assessment reports in relation to assessing risk to freshwater and diadromous fish and associated fisheries | Marine Scotland Science | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Fish, Pelagic Fish, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries | ||
The association of windmills with conservation of pollinating insects and wild plants in homogeneous farmland of western Poland | Pustkowiak, S.; Banaszak-Cibicka, W.; Mielczarek, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
An approach for evaluating changes in land-use from energy sprawl and other anthropogenic activities with implications for biotic resource management | Wolaver, B.; Pierre, J.; Labay, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Reptiles | |
Vegetation Cover Change of Çeşme Alaçatı Wind Power Plant Using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) | Balik, G.; Aktaş, E.; Önaç, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
CEDREN Final Report | Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds, Fish | ||
Mammalian Mesocarnivore Visitation at Tortoise Burrows in a Wind Farm | Agha, M.; Smith, A.; Lovich, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise, Avoidance | Terrestrial Mammals, Reptiles |
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