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Title | Author | Date | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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EU Species Protection Law and Wind Energy: Current Challenges and Danish Experiences | Anker, H.; Olsen, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Human Dimensions, Climate Change | |
The impact of onshore wind farms on ecological corridors in Ningbo, China | Guan, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Physical Environment | |
Reconciling climate action with the need for biodiversity protection, restoration and rehabilitation | Gorman, C.; Torsney, A.; Gaughran, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Legal & Policy | |
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 | |
Drivers of bat activity at wind turbines advocate for mitigating bat exposure using multicriteria algorithm-based curtailment | Barre, K.; Froidevaux, J.; Sotillo, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats | |
Wind farms dry surface soil in temporal and spatial variation | Wang, G.; Li, G.; Liu, Z. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
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 | |
Wind Energy Plants and Possible Effects on Samandağ Sea Turtles | Yalçın-Özdilek, S.; Yalçın, S. | Magazine Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | EMF, Habitat Change | Reptiles | |
Sustainable wind energy planning through ecosystem service impact valuation and exergy: A study case in south-central Chile | Martínez-Martínez, Y.; Dewulf, J.; Aguayo, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
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 | |
Occupancy model to unveil wildlife utilization at Yeongyang-gun wind farm management road, Korea | Kim, S-H.; Dhakal, T.; Yoon, T-G.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Terrestrial Mammals | |
Remotely sensed evidence of the divergent climate impacts of wind farms on croplands and grasslands | Liu, N.; Zhao, X.; Zhang, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | ||
Revealing the ecological impact of low-speed mountain wind power on vegetation and soil erosion in South China: A case study of a typical wind farm in Yunnan | Ma, B.; Yang, J.; Chen, X.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Visual preferences for wind turbines: Location, numbers and respondent characteristics | Molnarova, K.; Sklenicka, P.; Stiborek, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts | |
Lesser prairie-chicken habitat selection and survival relative to a wind energy facility located in a fragmented landscape | LeBeau, C.; Smith, K.; Kosciuch, K. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds | |
Impact of wind farms on local land surface temperature in Qinghai Province, China | Zhang, X.; Wang, H.; Shang, G.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
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 | |
Spatial Trade-Offs in National Land-Based Wind Power Production in Times of Biodiversity and Climate Crises | Grimsrud, K.; Hagem, C.; Haaskjold, K.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Displacement, Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Climate Change | |
Wind Power Increases the Plant Diversity of Temperate Grasslands but Decreases the Dominance of Palatable Plants | Ji. G.; Ganjurjav, H.; Hu, G.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | ||
Onshore wind farms do not affect global wind speeds or patterns | Li, G.; Yan, C.; Wu, H. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | ||
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 | |
BatTool: projecting bat populations facing multiple stressors using a demographic model | Wiens, A.; Schorg, A.; Szymanski, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Habitat Change | Bats | |
The overlooked threat of land take from wind energy infrastructures: Quantification, drivers and policy gaps | Kati, V.; Kassara, C.; Panagos, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
Environmental Risk Evaluation System - An Approach to Ranking Risk of Ocean Energy Development on Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Copping, A.; Hanna, L.; Van Cleve, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Wave, Tidal, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy | Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision, Chemicals, Changes in Flow, Avoidance, Attraction | Marine Mammals, Fish, Birds | |
Summer Distribution of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer Relative to a New Wind-Power Plant | Colman, J.; Eftestol, S.; Tsegaye, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Avoidance | ||
Is a Wind-Power Plant Acting as a Barrier for Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) Movements? | Colman, J.; Efestol, S.; Tsegaye, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Avoidance | ||
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 | |
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 | |
Female Agassizs Desert Tortoise Activity at a Wind Energy Facility in Southern California: The Influence of an El Nino Event | Ennen, J.; Meyer, K.; Lovich, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | ||
Nesting Ecology of a Population of Gopherus agassizii at a Utility-Scale Wind Energy Facility in Southern California | Ennen, J.; Lovich, J.; Meyer, K.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Reptiles | |
A Preliminary Overview of Monitoring for Raptors in Sweden | Hellstrom, P.; Helander, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors | |
Greater impacts of wind farms on bird populations during construction than subsequent operation: results of a multi-site and multi-species analysis | Pearce-Higgins, J.; Stephen, L.; Douse, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision, Avoidance | Birds | |
Nesting Success of Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) at a Wind Farm in Northern Texas | Rubenstahl, T.; Hale, A.; Karsten, K. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Passerines, Birds | |
Bird-Community Shifts in Relation to Wind Farms: A Case Study Comparing a Wind Farm, Croplands, and Secondary Forests in Southern Mexico | Villegas-Patraca, R.; Macgregor-Fors, I.; Ortiz-Martinez, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Birds | |
Evidence of Latitudinal Migration in Tri-colored Bats, Perimyotis subflavus | Fraser, E.; McGuire, L.; Eger, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Bats | |
Have we all gone batty? The need for a better balance between the conservation of protected species and the development of clean renewable energy | Householder, L. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Human Dimensions, Climate Change | |
Avian Collision Mortality at 50- and 60- m Guyed Towers in Central California | Kerlinger, P.; Guarnaccia, J.; Hasch, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Passerines | |
Topography drives migratory flight altitude of golden eagles: implications for on-shore wind energy development | Katzner, T.; Brandes, D.; Miller, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Collision | Birds | |
Direct human-caused mortality of birds: improving quantification of magnitude and assessment of population impact | Loss, S.; Will, T.; Marra, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision | Birds | |
Effect of wind energy development on breeding duck densities in the Prairie Pothole Region | Loesch, C.; Walker, J.; Reynolds, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Displacement | Waterfowl, Birds | |
Bat fatalities at two wind farms in Tasmania, Australia: bat characteristics, and spatial and temporal patterns | Hull, C.; Cawthen, L. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats | |
Mortality at wind-farms is positively related to large-scale distribution and aggregation in griffon vultures | Carrete, M.; Sanchez-Zapata, J.; Benitez, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Collision | Raptors, 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 | |
Griffon Vulture Mortality at Wind Farms in Southern Spain: Distribution of Fatalities and Active Mitigation Measures | de Lucas, M.; Ferrer, M.; Bechard, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Collision, Avoidance | Raptors, Birds | |
Reduced Breeding Success in White-Tailed Eagles at Smøla windfarm, Western Norway, is Caused by Mortality and Displacement | Dahl, E.; Bevanger, K.; Nygård, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision | Raptors, Birds | |
Putting Aeolus to work without the death toll: federal wind farm siting guidelines can mitigate avian and Chiropteran mortality | Mensing, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Raptors | |
How do diurnal long-distance migrants select flight altitude in relation to wind? | Mateos-Rodriguez, M.; Liechti, F. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Shorebirds, Raptors, Passerines, Birds | |
Some Clouds Have a Silver Lining: Paradoxes of Anthropogenic Perturbations from Study Cases on Long-Lived Social Birds | Oro, D.; Jimenez, J.; Curco, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
Further evidence of impacts of large-scale wind farms on land surface temperature | Walsh-Thomas, J.; Cervone, G.; Agouris, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Wind farm prioritisation based on potential impacts on wolf (Canis lupus) habitat in Croatia | Passoni, G. | Thesis | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Terrestrial Mammals |
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