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Lack of evasive behaviour by a Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus on impact with a turbine blade at a South African wind farm: causes and mitigations; Absence de comportement évasif d’un Aigle martial Polemaetus bellicosus lors de l’impact avec une pale | Simmons, R.; Martins, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Approach Distances of Scottish Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos to Wind Turbines According to Blade Motion Status, Wind Speed, and Preferred Habitat | Fielding, A.; Anderson, D.; Benn, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Responses of GPS-Tagged Territorial Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos to Wind Turbines in Scotland | Fielding, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds | |
A utilization distribution for the global population of Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres) to guide wind energy development | Cervantes, F.; Murgatroyd, M.; Allan, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
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 | ||
Quantifying the land-based opportunity carbon costs of onshore wind farms | Albanito, F.; Roberts, S.; Shepherd, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Life Cycle Assessment | |
Current state of knowledge of wind energy impacts on bats in South Africa | Aronson, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats | |
Landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions. Landscape Decisions Report | Cole, B.; Gardner, E.; Willcock, S.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds | |
Responses of dispersing GPS-tagged Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) to multiple wind farms across Scotland | Fielding, A.; Anderson, D.; Benn, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Birds, Raptors | |
Acoustic deterrents influence foraging activity, flight and echolocation behaviour of free-flying bats | Gilmour, L. ; Holderied, M. ; Pickering , S. ; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Bats | |
Flight Altitudes of Raptors in Southern Africa Highlight Vulnerability of Threatened Species to Wind Turbines | McClure, C.; Dunn, L.; McCabe, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Non-territorial GPS-tagged golden eagles Aquila chrysaetos at two Scottish wind farms: Avoidance influenced by preferred habitat distribution, wind speed and blade motion status | Fielding, A.; Anderson, D.; Benn, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Birds, Raptors | |
A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor | Murgatroyd, M.; Bouten, W.; Amar, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Peaks in bat activity at turbines and the implications for mitigating the impact of wind energy developments on bats | Richardson, S.; Lintott, P.; Hosken, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
On a collision course? The large diversity of birds killed by wind turbines in South Africa | Perold, V.; Ralston-Paton, S.; Ryan, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds | |
Black Harriers and Wind Energy: Guidelines for impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation | Simmons, R.; Ralston-Paton, S.; Colyn, R.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
Environmental impacts of decommissioning: Onshore versus offshore wind farms | Hall, R.; JoĂŁo, E.; Knapp, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
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 | |
The implications of landscape visual impact on future highly renewable power systems: a case study for Great Britain | Price, J.; Mainzer, K.; Petrovic, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Visual Impacts | ||
Policy, politics and materiality across scales: A framework for understanding local government sustainable energy capacity applied in England | Kuzemko, C.; Britton, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
South African Bat Fatality Threshold Guidelines: Edition 3 | MacEwan, K.; Aronson, J.; Richardson, K.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats | |
Conservation management plan for the protection of heritage resources at Brandweynkop, Humansdorp Magisterial District, Eastern Cape Province | Orton, J.; Muller, C. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
Using radar technology to assess visual monitoring accuracy of Cape Vulture movements | Becker, F.; Millikin, R.; Leslie, R. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Displacement | Birds, Raptors | |
Cairn Duhie Wind Farm EIA Scoping Report | Mallon, L. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Quantifying benefits of onshore wind to the UK | Vivid Economics | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
Onshore wind and the likelihood of planning acceptance: Learning from a Great Britain context | Harper, M.; Anderson, B.; James, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
An evidence-based approach to specifying survey effort in ecological assessments of bat activity | Richardson, S.; Lintott, P.; Hosken, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats | ||
Eco-innovation to reduce biodiversity impacts of wind energy: Key examples and drivers in the UK | Roddis, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | |||
Combining radar and direct observation to estimate pelican collision risk at a proposed wind farm on the Cape west coast, South Africa | Jenkins, A.; Reid, T.; du Plessis, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Displacement, Collision, Avoidance | Waterfowl, Birds | |
Large-scale citizen science improves assessment of risk posed by wind farms to bats in southern Scotland | Newson, S.; Evans, H.; Gillings, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Displacement | Bats | |
Landscape-Scale Effects of Single- and Multiple Small Wind Turbines on Bat Activity | Minderman, J.; Gillis, M.; Daly, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats | ||
The Muillean Gaoithe and the Melin Wynt: Cultural sustainability and community owned wind energy schemes in Gaelic and Welsh speaking communities in the United Kingdom | Haf, S.; Parkhill, K. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions | ||
Understanding community benefit payments from renewable energy development | Kerr, S.; Johnson, K.; Weir, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions | ||
North Lowther Energy Initiative Bat Survey Report | Cooke, L. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats | ||
Wind Energy’s Impacts on Birds in South Africa: A Preliminary Review of the Results of Operational Monitoring at the First Wind Farms of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme in South Africa | Ralston-Paton, S.; Smallie, J.; Pearson, A.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds | ||
Procedural justice and the implementation of community wind energy projects: A case study from South Yorkshire, UK | Simcock, N. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Justice, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Participation in Environmental Decision-making: Reflecting on Planning and Community Benefits for Major Wind Farms | Armeni, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Understanding the Risk of European Protected Species (Bats) at Onshore Wind Turbine Sites to Inform Risk Management | Mathews, F.; Richardson, S.; Lintott, P.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats | |
The Impacts of Small and Medium Wind Turbines on Bats | Moyle, A. | Thesis | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Bats | |
Wind turbines cause chronic stress in badgers (Meles meles) in Great Britain | Agnew, R.; Smith, V.; Fowkes, R. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Terrestrial Mammals | |
Wind Farms Community Engagement Good Practice Review | Aitken, M.; Haggett, C.; Rudolph, D. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Ground-Level Climate at a Peatland Wind Farm in Scotland is Affected by Wind Turbine Operation | Armstrong, A.; Burton, R.; Lee, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change | ||
Practices and rationales of community engagement with wind farms: awareness raising, consultation, empowerm | Aitken, M.; Haggett, C.; Rudolph, D. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Report on the Implications for European Sites Proposed Triton Knoll Electrical System | The Planning Inspectorate for England and Wales | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | |||
A Quantitative-Based Evaluation of the Environmental Impact and Sustainability of a Proposed Onshore Wind Farm in the United Kingdom | Phillips, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | |||
Final progress report of a 12 month pre - construction bat monitoring study for the Proposed Waaihoek Wind Energy Facility near Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal | Kruger, C. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats | ||
Using Spatial Analyses of Bearded Vulture Movements in Southern Africa to Inform Wind Turbine Placement | Reid, T.; Kruger, S.; Whitfield, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Raptors, Birds | |
Foraging Range and Habitat use by Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres from the Msikaba Colony, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | Pfeiffer, M.; Venter, J.; Downs, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | |||
Spatial Framework Assessment and Assessment Criteria for On-Shore Wind Energy Development in West Lothian | West Lothian Council | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | |||
Estimates and Correlates of Bird and Bat Mortality at Small Wind Turbine Sites | Minderman, J.; Fuentes-Montemayor, E.; Pearce-Higgins, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats, Birds |
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