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Title | Author | Date | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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Environmental impacts from large-scale offshore renewable-energy deployment | Ouro, P.; Fernandez, R.; Armstrong, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
A new method for quantifying redistribution of seabirds within operational offshore wind farms finds no evidence of within-wind farm displacement | Trinder, M.; O'Brien, S.; Deimel, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Displacement | Seabirds | |
A framework for studying the effects of offshore wind energy development on birds and bats in the Eastern United States | Williams, K.; Gulka, J.; Cook, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Bats, Birds | |
Reproductive success of Horned Lark and McCown's Longspur in relation to wind energy infrastructure | Mahoney, A.; Chalfoun, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Passerines, Birds | |
Wind energy, nest success, and post‐fledging survival of Buteo hawks | Kolar, P.; Bechard, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Raptors, Birds | |
Patterns of migrating soaring migrants indicate attraction to marine wind farms | Skov, H.; Desholm, M.; Heinänen, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors | |
Seabirds and Offshore Wind Farms in European Waters: Avoidance and Attraction | Dierschke, V.; Furness, R.; Garthe, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change, Avoidance, Attraction | Seabirds, Birds | |
Bird Collisions at Wind Turbines in a Mountainous Area Related to Bird Movement Intensities Measured by Radar | Aschwanden, J.; Stark, H.; Peter, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Passerines, Birds | |
A synthesis of human-related avian mortality in Canada | Calvert, A.; Bishop, C.; Elliot, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Birds | |
Avian information systems: Developing web-based bird avoidance models | Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Bouten, W.; Buurma, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Avoidance | Birds | |
Dodging the blades: new insights into three-dimensional space use of offshore wind farms by lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus | Thaxter, C.; Ross-Smith, V.; Bouten, W.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Birds, Seabirds | |
Predicting the impacts of wind farms on seabirds: An individual-based model | Warwick-Evans, V.; Atkinson, P.; Walkington, I.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Avoidance | Seabirds, Birds | |
Negative Impact of Wind Energy Development on a Breeding Shorebird Assessed with a BACI Study Design | Sansom, A.; Pearce-Higgins, J.; Douglas, D. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Avoidance | Shorebirds, Birds | |
Modeling the spatial effects of disturbance: a constructive critique to provide evidence of ecological thresholds | Powell, L.; Brown, M.; Smith, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds | |
Displacement of seabirds by an offshore wind farm in the North Sea | Welcker, J.; Nehls, G. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change, Displacement | Seabirds, Birds | |
Response of migrating raptors to an increasing number of wind farms | Cabrera-Cruz, S.; Villegas-Patraca, R. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Raptors, Birds | |
Collision and displacement vulnerability to offshore wind energy infrastructure among marine birds of the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf | Kelsey, E.; Felis, J.; Czapanskiy, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Birds | |
Behavioral accommodation of nesting hawks to wind turbines | Watson, J.; Keren, I.; Davies, R. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance | Birds, Raptors | |
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 | |
Do American Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis dominica) Avoid Wind-energy Turbines in Agricultural Fields in Indiana During Spring Migration? | Homoya, W.; Moore, J.; Ruhl, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance | Shorebirds, Birds | |
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 | |
Bird and Bat Species' Global Vulnerability to Collision Mortality at Wind Farms Revealed Through a Trait-Based Assessment | Thaxter, C.; Buchanan, G.; Carr, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Bats, Birds | |
Wind Energy Development: Methods for Assessing Risks to Birds and Bats Pre-Construction | Katzner, T.; Bennett, V.; Miller, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds | |
Impacts of onshore wind energy production on birds and bats: recommendations for future life cycle impact assessment developments | Laranjeiro, T.; May, R.; Verones, F. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds | |
Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes | Loss, S.; Will, T.; Marra, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds | |
Utilization Probability Map for Migrating Bald Eagles in Northeastern North America: A Tool for Siting Wind Energy Facilities and Other Flight Hazards | Mojica, E.; Watts, B.; Turrin, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors | |
Assessing bird avoidance of high-contrast lights using a choice test approach: implications for reducing human-induced avian mortality | Goller, B.; Blackwell, B.; DeVault, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Attraction, Avoidance, Lighting | Birds | |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus population trends in relation to wind farms | Wilson, M.; Fernandex-Bellon, D.; Irwin, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Raptors, Birds | |
Scavenger removal of bird carcasses at simulated wind turbines: Does carcass type matter? | DeVault, T.; Seamans, T.; Linnell, K.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
The energy landscape predicts flight height and wind turbine collision hazard in three species of large soaring raptor | Peron, G.; Fleming, C.; Duriez, O.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Raptors, Birds | |
Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Selection, Survival, and Wind Energy Infrastructure | LeBeau, C.; Johnson, G.; Holloran, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ground-Nesting Birds, Birds | |
Seabirds as samplers of the marine environment - a case study of northern gannets | Garthe, S.; Peschko, V.; Kubetzki, U.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance | Seabirds, Birds | |
How Ecofriendly are Wind Farms? | Cohn, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Raptors, Birds, Bats | |
Do Terrestrial Animals Avoid Areas Close to Turbines in Functioning Wind Farms in Agricultural Landscapes? | Łopucki, R.; Klich, D.; Gielarek, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds, Terrestrial Mammals | |
Greater sage‐grouse male lek counts relative to a wind energy development | LeBeau, C.; Beck, J.; Johnson, G.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ground-Nesting Birds, Birds | |
The Effects of a Wind Farm on Birds in a Migration Point: The Strait of Gibraltar | de Lucas, M.; Janss, G.; Ferrer, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Collision, Avoidance | Birds | |
A Bird and Small Mammal BACI and IG Design Studies in a Wind Farm in Malpica (Spain) | de Lucas, M.; Janss, G.; Ferrer, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Terrestrial Mammals | |
Collision Fatality of Raptors in Wind Farms does not Depend on Raptor Abundance | de Lucas, M.; Janss, G.; Whitfield, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Collision, Avoidance | Raptors, Birds | |
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 | |
Spatial Overlap of Wind Farms on Peatland with Sensitive Areas for Birds | Bright, J.; Langston, R.; Pearce-Higgins, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
The prosecutor's vulture: inconsistent MBTA prosecution, its clash with wind farms, and how to fix it | Brunner, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
Large Scale Risk-Assessment of Wind-Farms on Population Viability of a Globally Endangered Long-Lived Raptor | Carrete, M.; Sanchez-Zapata, J.; Benitez, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Habitat Change | Raptors, Birds | |
The Effects of a Large-Scale Wind Farm on Breeding Season Survival of Female Mallards and Blue-Winged Teal in the Prairie Pothole Region | Gue, C.; Walker, J.; Mehl, K.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
Wind Turbines do Not Negatively Affect Nest Success in the Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | Hatchett, W.; Hale, A.; Bennett, V.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
A Preliminary Overview of Monitoring for Raptors in Sweden | Hellstrom, P.; Helander, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors | |
The Potential Distribution of the Red Kite in Germany | Heuck, C.; Brandl, R.; Albrecht, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
Upland Land use Predicts Population Decline in a Globally Near-Threatened Wader | Douglas, D.; Bellamy, P.; Stephen, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
Collision Risk and Micro-Avoidance Rates of Birds with Wind Turbines in Flanders | Everaert, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Birds | |
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 | |
Habitat Use, Disturbance and Collision Risks for Bewick's Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii Wintering Near a Wind Farm in the Netherlands | Fijn, R.; Krijgsveld, K.; Tijsen, W.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Waterfowl |
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