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| Title | Author* |
Date** |
Type of Content | Technology Types | Stressors | Receptors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of an Acoustic Deterrent to Reduce Bat Mortalities at an Illinois Wind Farm | Romano, W., et al. | November 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats |
| Influence of landscape and time of year on bat-wind turbines collision risks | Roemer, C., et al. | October 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision | Bats |
| Detection Probability of Bats Using Active Versus Passive Monitoring | Teets, K., Loeb, S., Jachowski, D. | October 2019 | Journal Article | N/A | N/A | Bats |
| U.S. Geological Survey energy and wildlife research annual report for 2019 | Khalil, M. | September 2019 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind, Offshore Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds, Fish, Terrestrial Mammals |
| Investigation of existing post-construction mortality monitoring at Victorian wind farms to assess its utility in estimating mortality rates | Moloney, P., Lumsden, L., Smales, I. | September 2019 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| First three‐dimensional tracks of bat migration reveal large amounts of individual behavioral flexibility | O'Mara, M., et al. | September 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Developing a science-based approach to defining key species of birds and bats of concern for wind farm developments in Victoria | Lumsden, L., Moloney, P., Smales, I. | September 2019 | Report | Wind Energy (General) | Avoidance, Collision | Bats, Birds |
| Impacts to Wildlife of Wind Energy Siting and Operation in the United States | Allison, T., et al. | September 2019 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind, Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds |
| Understanding Wind Energy Impacts to Bats and Testing Reduction Strategies in South Texas | Weaver, S. | August 2019 | Thesis | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Red bat fatality: Geographic extents through deuterium and niche models | Murtaugh, R., et al. | July 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats |
| A smart curtailment approach for reducing bat fatalities and curtailment time at wind energy facilities | Hayes, M., et al. | April 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy Deuel Harvest North Wind Farm Deuel County, South Dakota | Simon, S., Welch-Acosta, B. | March 2019 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Avoidance | Bats, Birds |
| Camera-Trapping Versus Conventional Methodology in the Assessment of Carcass Persistence for Fatality Estimation at Wind Farms | Rosa, L., et al. | March 2019 | Book Chapter | Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| An evidence-based approach to specifying survey effort in ecological assessments of bat activity | Richardson, S., et al. | March 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Considerations for Upscaling Individual Effects of Wind Energy Development Towards Population-Level Impacts on Wildlife | May, R., et al. | January 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals |
| A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation | Frick, W., Kingston, T., Flanders, J. | January 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation | Moorman, C., Grodsky, S., Rupp, S. | January 2019 | Book | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General) | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Echolocation activity of migratory bats at a wind energy facility: testing the feeding-attraction hypothesis to explain fatalities | Reimer, J., Baerwald, E., Barlay, R. | December 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction | Bats |
| Bats and Wind Energy: Impacts, Mitigation, and Tradeoffs | Allison, T. | November 2018 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Carcass Age and Searcher Identity Affect Morphological Assessment of Sex of Bats | Nelson, D., et al. | November 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Multi-state occupancy models of foraging habitat use by the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) | Gorresen, P., et al. | October 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| U.S. Geological Survey energy and wildlife research annual report for 2018 | Khalil, M. | October 2018 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds, Fish, Terrestrial Mammals |
| Migratory bats are attracted by red light but not by warm-white light: Implications for the protection of nocturnal migrants | Voigt, C., et al. | September 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats |
| Wind Energy and Bat Conservation - A Review by the Canadian Wind Energy Association | Barnes, R., Hill, M., Peters, K. | August 2018 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy |
| Estimating habitat loss due to wind turbine avoidance by bats: Implications for European siting guidance | Barre, K., et al. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats |
| Using network analysis to identify indicator species and reduce collision fatalities at wind farms | Sebastian-Gonzalez, E., et al. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats, Birds |
| Barbastelle bats in a wind farm: are they at risk? | Apoznanski, G., et al. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Wind Energy and Wildlife: 20 Years of Translational Ecology in Action | Allison, T., Arnold, A. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats |
| A Summary of Bat Fatality Data in a Nationwide Database | Allison, T., Butryn, R. | July 2018 | Report | Wind Energy (General) | Collision | Bats |
| Texturizing Wind Turbine Towers to Reduce Bat Mortality | Bennett, V., Hale, A. | July 2018 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats |
| Ultrasonic Bat Deterrent Technology | Kinzie, K. | June 2018 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative 5th Science and All Committees Meeting: 2018 Workshop Proceedings | Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative | June 2018 | Workshop Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats |
| Genetic Mark-Recapture Improves Estimates of Maternity Colony Size for Indiana Bats | Oyler-McCance, S., et al. | June 2018 | Journal Article | N/A | N/A | Bats |
| Resource Availability May Not Be a Useful Predictor of Migratory Bat Fatalities or Activity at Wind Turbines | Bennett, V., Hale, A. | June 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction | Bats |
| Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2018 | Rodrigues, L. | May 2018 | Conference Paper | Wind Energy general | Dynamic Device, Static Device | Bats |
| Inconspicuous echolocation in hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) | Corcoran, A., Weller, T. | May 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Resolving environmental effects of wind energy | Sinclair, K., et al. | April 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind, Offshore Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals |
| Wind Turbine Sensor Array for Monitoring Avian and Bat Collisions | Hu, C., Albertani, R., Suryan, R. | April 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | Dynamic Device | Bats, Birds |
| Evaluating a Novel Approach to Optimize Operational Minimization to Reduce Bat Fatalities at the Pinnacle Wind Farm, Mineral County, West Virginia, 2015 | Schirmacher, M., et al. | April 2018 | Report | Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats |
| Mitigating the negative impacts of tall wind turbines on bats: Vertical activity profiles and relationships to wind speed | Wellig, S., et al. | March 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Wind Farm Le Peuchapatte: Analysis of Bat Recordings and Evaluation of Mitigation Measures | Brossard, C., et al. | March 2018 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats |
| Wind turbines impact bat activity, leading to high losses of habitat use in a biodiversity hotspot | Millon, L., et al. | March 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Habitat Change | Bats |
| Appendix L-2 WEST Bird and Bat Annual Report 2018 | Gordon, C., et al. | February 2018 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Numerical modelling of the flight behaviour of bats to estimate the collision risk with wind turbines | Muller, C. | February 2018 | Thesis | N/A | N/A | Bats |
| Impacts of onshore wind energy production on birds and bats: recommendations for future life cycle impact assessment developments | Laranjeiro, T., May, R., Verones, F. | February 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds |
| Bat Evaluation Monitoring Studies at the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm Benton County, Indiana: August 1 - October 15, 2017 | Good, R., et al. | January 2018 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Comparing Field Methods Used to Determine Bird and Bat Fatalities | Paula, J., et al. | January 2018 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Biodiversity and Wind Farms in Portugal: Current Knowledge and Insights for an Integrated Impact Assessment Process | Mascarenhas, M., et al. | January 2018 | Book | Wind Energy (General) | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Terrestrial Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy |
| U.S. Geological Survey - Energy and Wildlife Research Annual Report for 2017 | Khalil, M. | December 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds, Fish, Terrestrial Mammals |
| The Effects of Wind Power on Birds and Bats: An Updated Synthesis Report | Rydell, J., et al. | December 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Composition and activity of arthropodivorous bat community in wind farms in the Mexican Tropics | Garcia-Luis, M., Briones-Salas, M. | December 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Bats probe the aerosphere during landscape-guided altitudinal flights | Voigt, C., Roeleke, M., Bumrungsri, S. | November 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Increasing Evidence that Bats Actively Forage at Wind Turbines | Hale, A., et al. | November 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Factors Associated with Bat Mortality at Wind Energy Facilities in the United States | Thompson, M., et al. | November 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Large-scale citizen science improves assessment of risk posed by wind farms to bats in southern Scotland | Newson, S., et al. | November 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Displacement | Bats |
| When the Excrement Hits the Fan: Fecal Surveys Reveal Species-Specific Bat Activity at Wind Turbines | Bennett, V., Hale, A., Williams, D. | November 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision | Bats |
| Bat flight height monitored from wind masts predicts mortality risk at wind farms | Roemer, C., et al. | November 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision | Bats |
| Day of Year, Temperature, Wind, and Precipitation Predict Timing of Bat Migration | Pettit, J., O'Keefe | October 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Industrial Wind Turbine Post-Construction Bird and Bat Monitoring: A Policy Framework for Canada | Parisé, J., Walker, T. | October 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Wind Industry in Portugal and Its Impacts on Wildlife: Special Focus on Spatial and Temporal Distribution on Bird and Bat Fatalities | Marqués, J., et al. | September 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Impacts of On-shore Wind Farms in Wildlife Communities: Direct Fatalities and Indirect Impacts (Behavioural and Habitat Effects) | Pereira, P., Salgueiro, N., Mesquita, S. | September 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds, Terrestrial Mammals |
| An Overview on Methods to Assess Bird and Bat Collision Risk in Wind Farms | Rodrigues, S., Rosa, L., Mascarenhas, M. | September 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general | Dynamic Device | Bats, Birds |
| Estimating Bird and Bat Fatality at Wind Farms: From Formula-Based Methods to Models to Assess Impact Significance | Marqués, J., et al. | September 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Bird and Bat Species' Global Vulnerability to Collision Mortality at Wind Farms Revealed Through a Trait-Based Assessment | Thaxter, C., et al. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General) | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Bats, Birds |
| Acoustic mirrors as sensory traps for bats | Greif, S., Zsebok, S. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General) | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision | Bats |
| Do You Hear What I See? Vocalization Relative to Visual Detection Rates of Hawaiian Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) | Gorresen, P., et al. | September 2017 | Journal Article | N/A | N/A | Bats |
| Turbine Induced Bird and Bat Fatalities at Wind Projects: Statistical Methods for Mortality Estimation Using Road and Pad Carcass Surveys | Maurer, J. | August 2017 | Thesis | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats, Birds |
| Conservation Guidance for Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) | Henning, B., Hinz Jr., L., Kath, J. | August 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Bat Diversity, Activity, and Habitat Use in a Mixed Disturbance Landscape | Hollen, J. | August 2017 | Thesis | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Stereo-Optic High Definition Imaging: A New Technology to Understand Bird and Bat Avoidance of Wind Turbines | Adams, E., et al. | July 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Bat Detection and Shutdown System for Utility-Scale Wind Turbines | Sutter, C., Schumacher, S. | July 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Testing the Performances of Automated Identification of Bat Echolocation Calls: A Request for Prudence | Rydell, J., et al. | July 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats |
| Identifying Peaks in Bat Activity: A New Application of SaTScan | Adams, A., Fenton, M. | June 2017 | Journal Article | N/A | N/A | Bats |
| Effects of a wind farm installation on the understory bat community of a highly biodiverse tropical region in Mexico | Briones-Salas, M., Lavariega, M., Moreno, C. | June 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Bats |
| Windy Business: Exploring a Local Wind Power Project in Germany | Dennis, K. | June 2017 | Thesis | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Long Search Intervals Underestimate Bird and Bat Fatalities Caused by Wind Turbines | Smallwood, K. | June 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Bat fatalities at wind farms in Taiwan | Chou, C., et al. | June 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Second year post-construction monitoring of bats and birds at Wind Turbine Test Centre Østerild | Therkildsen, O., Elmeros, M. | June 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Evidence of the migratory bat, Pipistrellus nathusii, aggregating to the coastlines in the Northern Baltic Sea | Ijas, A., et al. | June 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| North Lowther Energy Initiative Bat Survey Report | Cooke, L. | May 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Fatalities at Wind Turbines may Threaten Population Viability of a Migratory Bat | Frick, W., et al. | May 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Assessing changes in bat activity in response to an acoustic deterrent? Implications for decreasing bat fatalities at wind energy facilities | Lindsey, C. | May 2017 | Thesis | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Wildlife and Wind Farms - Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 1 Onshore: Potential Effects | Perrow, M. | April 2017 | Book | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds, Ecosystem, Terrestrial Mammals |
| Wildlife and Wind Farms - Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 2 Onshore: Monitoring and Mitigation | Perrow, M. | April 2017 | Book | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats, Birds |
| Bat Flight Analysis around Wind Turbines - A Feasibility Study | Lagerveld, S., et al. | March 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2017 | Rodrigues, L. | March 2017 | Conference Paper | Wind Energy general | Dynamic Device, Static Device | Bats |
| Climate Change, Wind Energy, and Conservation: A Survey of Conflicting Issues | Bauman, D. | March 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Review of Methods and Techniques for Field Validation of Collision Rates and Avoidance Amongst Birds and Bats at Offshore Wind Turbines | Dirksen, S. | March 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats, Birds |
| Reducing Bat Fatalities at Wind Facilities while Improving the Economic Efficiency of Operational Mitigation | Martin, C., et al. | March 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| A modelling framework to predict bat activity patterns on wind farms: An outline of possible applications on mountain ridges of North Portugal | Silva, C., et al. | March 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats |
| Comparing Bird And Bat Data For New Wind Power Generation | Smallwood, S., Neher, L. | March 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| The Effects of Sex, Energy, and Environmental Conditions on the Movement Ecology of Migratory Bats | Jonassan, K. | March 2017 | Thesis | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Migrating bats at the southern North Sea: Approach to an estimation of migration populations of bats at the southern North Sea | Limpens, H., et al. | March 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Telemetry for migratory bats - a feasibility study | Lagerveld, S., et al. | February 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Impact of wind turbines on bat activity: an ommited long-distance concern | Barre, K., et al. | February 2017 | Presentation | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats |
| A Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects (FAECE) of Offshore Wind Farms on Birds, Bats and Marine Mammals in the Southern North Sea | Platteeuw, M., et al. | February 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals |
| A Method to Assess the Population-Level Consequences of Wind Energy Facilities on Bird and Bat Species | Diffendorfer, J., et al. | February 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats, Birds |
| Bat Activity at Nacelle Height Over Forest | Reers, H., et al. | February 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general | N/A | Bats |
| Mitigating Bat Mortality with Turbine-Specific Curtailment Algorithms: A Model Based Approach | Behr, O., et al. | February 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Landscape-Scale Effects of Single- and Multiple Small Wind Turbines on Bat Activity | Minderman, J., et al. | February 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
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