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A review of the effectiveness of operational curtailment for reducing bat fatalities at terrestrial wind farms in North America | Adams, E.; Gulka, J.; Williams, K. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Collision and Displacement Vulnerability Among Marine Birds of the California Current System Associated with Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure | Adams, J.; Kelsey, E.; Felis, J.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Seabirds, Birds | |
Avian Monitoring and Risk Assessment at Tehachapi Pass and San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Areas, California: Phase 1 Preliminary Results | Anderson, R.; Strickland, D.; Tom, J.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Wildlife from Wind Energy Development in Arizona | Arizona Game and Fish Department | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds | |
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Ultrasonic Acoustic Deterrent for Reducing Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines | Arnett, E.; Hein, C.; Schirmacher, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Ultrasonic Acoustic Deterrent in Reducing Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities - Final Report | Arnett, E.; Hein, C.; Schirmacher, M.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Patterns of Pre-Construction Bat Activity at a Proposed Wind Facility in Northwest Massachusetts: 2006 Annual Report | Arnett, E.; Huso, M.; Reynolds, D.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Bats | |
Patterns of Pre-Construction Bat Activity at a Proposed Wind Facility in South-Central Pennsylvania | Arnett, E.; Hayes, J.; Huso, M. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats | |
Best Management Practices for Bats in New Mexico | Balistreri, M. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats | |
Sage-Grouse and Wind Energy: Biology, Habits, and Potential Effects from Development | Becker, J.; Tagestad, J.; Duberstein, C.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ground-Nesting Birds, Birds | |
Texturizing Wind Turbine Towers to Reduce Bat Mortality | Bennett, V.; Hendrix, T. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Prioritizing Avian Species for Their Risk of Population Level Consequences from Wind Energy Development | Beston, J.; Diffendorfer, J.; Loss, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
Draft Black Oak & Getty Wind Avian and Bat Protection Plan | Black Oak Wind; Getty Wind Company | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds | |
Forecasting suitable areas for wind turbine occurrence to proactively improve wildlife conservation | Boggie, M.; Butler, M.; Sesnie, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Human Dimensions | |
Optimizing Wind Power Generation while Minimizing Wildlife Impacts in an Urban Area | Bohrer, G.; Zhu, K.; Jones, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
Commercial Wind Lease and Grant Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Humboldt Wind Energy Area, California | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); BOEM Environmental Studies Program | Report | Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
South Fork Wind: Conditions of Construction and Operations Plan Approval | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Collision | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
National Environmental Policy Act Documentation for Impact-Producing Factors in the Offshore Wind Cumulative Impacts Scenario on the South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Justice, Fisheries, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | |
Draft Preliminary Environmental Assessment: Vandenberg Offshore Wind Energy Projects | California State Lands Commission | Report | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Visual Impacts | |
Common Raven Occurrence in Relation to Energy Transmission Line Corridors Transiting Human-Altered Sagebrush Steppe | Coates, P.; Howe, K.; Casazza, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
Measuring the Effectiveness of Conservation: A Novel Framework to Quantify the Benefits of Sage-Grouse Conservation Policy and Easements in Wyoming | Copeland, H.; Pocewicz, A.; Naugle, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds | |
Behavior of Bats at Wind Turbines | Cryan, P.; Gorresen, P.; Hein, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement | Bats | |
Influencing Activity of Bats by Dimly Lighting Wind Turbine Surfaces with Ultraviolet Light | Cryan, P.; Gorresen, P.; Straw, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Conservation Organizations Comments on June 21, 2021 OSW Workshop | Cullum, L.; Hislop, K.; Aylesworth, S.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Marine Mammals | |
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 | |
Characteristics of Avian Mortality at a North Florida Television Tower: A 29-Year Study | Engstrom, R.; Crawford, R. | Journal Article | Habitat Change | Birds, Passerines | ||
Synthesis and Comparison of Baseline Avian and Bat Use, Raptor Nesting and Mortality Information from Proposed and Existing Wind Developments | Erickson, W.; Johnson, G.; Young, D.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Collision | Birds, Bats | |
Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines: A Summary of Existing Studies and Comparisons to Other Sources of Avian Collision Mortality in the United States | Erickson, W.; Johnson, G.; Strickland, M.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision | Birds, Passerines, Raptors | |
Wind and Wildlife in the Northern Great Plains: Identifying Low-Impact Areas for Wind Development | Fargione, J.; Kiesecker, J.; Slaats, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Bats, Birds | |
Keeping the West Wild: Conservation and Rapid Energy Development | Fargione, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Habitat Change | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds, Passerines, Environmental Justice, Legal & Policy | |
Supporting National Environmental Policy Act Documentation for Offshore Wind Energy Development Related to Avian Species Research | Fernandez, K.; Middleton, P.; Salerno, J.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
A Habitat-Based Wind-Wildlife Collision Model with Application to the Upper Great Plains Region | Forcey, G. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Birds, Bats | |
Behavioral patterns of bats at a wind turbine confirm seasonality of fatality risk | Goldenberg, S.; Cryan, P.; Gorresen, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision, Displacement | Bats | |
Curtailment and acoustic deterrents reduce bat mortality at wind farms | Good, R.; Iskali, G.; Lombardi, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance | Bats | |
Birds, Bats and Coastal Wind Farm Development in Maine: A Literature Review | Goodale, W.; Divoll, T. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds | |
Project Icebreaker Bird and Bat Risk Analysis | Gordon, C.; Erickson, W. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Displacement | Bats, Birds | |
Collision Mortalities at Horseshoe Shoal of Bird Species of Special Concern | Hatch, J.; Brault, S. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Birds, Seabirds, Shorebirds, Waterfowl | |
Effectiveness of an Operational Mitigation Experiment to Reduce Bat Fatalities at the Pinnacle Wind Farm, Mineral County, West Virginia, 2012 | Hein, C.; Prichard, A.; Mabee, T.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Monitoring of Seasonal Bird Activity and Mortality on Unit 2 at the Buffalo Ridge Windplant, Minnesota | Higgins, K.; Dieter, C.; Usgaard, R. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Collision | Birds, Bats | |
Testing the Effectiveness of an Experimental Acoustic Bat Deterrent at the Maple Ridge Wind Farm | Horn, J.; Arnett, E.; Jensen, M.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Behavioral Responses of Bats to Operating Wind Turbines | Horn, J.; Arnett, E.; Kunz, T. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Existing Conditions and Potential Environmental Effects | HT Harvey and Associates | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Terrestrial Mammals | |
Golden Eagles in a Perilous Landscape: Predicting the Effects of Mitigation for Wind Turbine Blade Strike Mortality | Hunt, G. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Avian and Bat Protection Plan: Iberdrola Renewables | Iberdrola Renewables | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Raptors | |
Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon in the New York Wind Energy Area: implications of future development in an offshore wind energy site | Ingram, E.; Cerrato, R.; Dunton, K.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Demersal Fish | |
Is there Room for All of Us? Renewable Energy and Xerospermophilus mohavensis | Inman, R.; Esque, T.; Nussear, K.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Terrestrial Mammals | |
Environmental Data Catalog for the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area | Johnson, C.; Currier, C.; Howar, J.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles | |
Avian, Bat and Habitat Cumulative Impacts Associated with Wind Energy Development in the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion Of Eastern Washington and Oregon 2011 | Johnson, G.; Erickson, W. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Raptors | |
Bat Interactions With Wind Turbines at the Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota Wind Resource Area: An Assessment of Bat Activity, Species Composition, and Collision Mortality | Johnson, G.; Perlik, M.; Erickson, W.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Bats | |
Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Use and Population Demographics at the Simpson Ridge Wind Resource Area, Carbon County, Wyoming | Johnson, G.; LeBeau, C.; Nielsen, R.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds |
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