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Title | Author | Date Sort ascending | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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Options for biodiversity-friendly designs and approaches for offshore wind farms in Ireland | BlueWise Marine | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
Spatial planning offshore wind energy farms in California for mediating fisheries and wildlife conservation impacts | White, C.; Wang, Y-H; Walter, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, Entanglement | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
A synthetic analysis of post-construction displacement and attraction of marine birds at offshore wind energy installations | Lamb, J.; Gulka, J.; Adams, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Displacement | Birds | |
Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Maine | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); US Department of the Interior (DOI) | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise | Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Physical Environment, Water Quality, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Stakeholder Engagement | |
Estimating collision risk for whitetailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in onshore wind power environments: Application of spatial modelling frameworks and predictive mapping | Halgunset, G. | Thesis | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
A decade of curtailment studies demonstrates a consistent and effective strategy to reduce bat fatalities at wind turbines in North America | Whitby, M.; O'Mara, M.; Hein, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats | |
Commercial Wind Lease Issuance on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, Offshore Oregon Final Environmental Assessment | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); US Army Corps of Engineers; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | |
Flight behaviour of Red Kites within their breeding area in relation to local weather variables: Conclusions with regard to wind turbine collision mitigation | Aschwanden, J.; Stark, H.; Liechti, F. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats, Birds | |
Collaboration for Environmental Mitigation and Nature Inclusive Design (CEMNID) | Xodus Group; The Rich North Sea - De Rijke Noordzee | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, EMF, Noise | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Guidance for Pre- and Post-Construction Monitoring to Detect Changes in Marine Bird Distributions and Habitat Use Related to Offshore Wind Development | Avian Displacement Guidance Committee | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Displacement | Birds | |
Potential for spatial coexistence of a transboundary migratory species and wind energy development | Huang, T-K.; Feng, X.; Derbridge, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats | |
Raptors and Land-Based Wind Energy in the United States | ECO Wind | Summary | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds, Raptors | ||
Wind Energy: Technologies and Approaches to Help Address Environmental Effects | United States Government Accountability Office | Report | Wind Energy | Attraction, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | |
Using mobile acoustic monitoring and false-positive N-mixture models to estimate bat abundance and population trends | Udell, B.; Straw, B.; Loeb, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Bats | ||
BWEC 5-year plan (1 January 2024–31 December 2028) | Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative (BWEC) | Report | Wind Energy | Bats, Human Dimensions | ||
Context-dependent effects of wind turbines on bats in rural landscapes | Sotillo, A.; Le Viol, I.; Barre, K.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Bats | |
Fortsetzungsstudie Probabilistik - Das Raumnutzungs-Kollisionsrisikomodell (RKR-Modell) | Mercker, M.; Raab, R.; Liesenjohann, T.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Global Review on Environmental Impacts of Onshore Wind Energy in the Field of Tension between Human Societies and Natural Systems | Sander, L.; Jung, C.; Schindler, D. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | |
Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the future | Rahman, F.; Kumar, P. | Conference Paper | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Chemicals, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Physical Environment | |
Methodological Selection of Optimal Features for Object Classification Based on Stereovision System | Tkaczyk, R.; Madejski, G.; Gradolewski, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Collision | Birds | |
Detection and validation of common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) with a pulse radar and acoustic monitoring in the proximity of an onshore wind turbine | Krapivnitckaia, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats | ||
Trends in greater sage-grouse lek counts relative to existing wind energy development in Wyoming | Smith, K.; LeBeau, C.; Hoskovec, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Displacement | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds | |
Integrated Environmental & Social Sensitivity Mapping: Guidance for Early Offshore Wind Spatial Planning | World Bank Group | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Recreation & Tourism | ||
Regulations for Bat Protection in Mexico's Wind Farms | Uribe, M.; Aguilera, J.; Villada-Canela, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
Reduced survival in a soaring bird breeding in wind turbine proximity along the northern Baltic Sea coast | Nebel, C.; Stjernberg, T.; Tikkanen, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Displacement | Birds, Raptors | |
Making eco-sustainable floating offshore wind farms: Siting, mitigations, and compensations | Danovaro, R.; Bianchelli, S.; Brambilla, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
The Potential Environmental Impacts of Floating Offshore Wind in California | California Ocean Science Trust | Report | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Distribution of common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) activity is altered by airflow disruption generated by wind turbines | Leroux, C.; Barre, K.; Valet, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance | Bats | |
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind South Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Commercial Wind Lease OCS-A 0499 | Sullivan, K. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | ||
Concurrent challenges for Switzerland: interfaces in climate action, biodiversity conservation, energy security and landscape preservation | Brunner, C.; Lordan-Perret, R.; Cadelli, E.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats, Birds | ||
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 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 | |
Final Environmental Assessment for Additional Site Assessment Activities on Beacon Wind, LLC’s Renewable Energy Lease OCS-A 0527 | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Assessing exposure to wind turbines of a migratory raptor through its annual life cycle across continents | Assandri, G.; Bazzi, G.; Bermejo-Bermejo, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Displacement | Birds, Raptors | |
Data Fusion and Visualization Approaches to Achieving a Common Operating Picture During Offshore Wind Construction and Operation Works | Doolittle, D.; Eaton, R.; Parslow, Marna; et al. | Conference Paper | Wind Energy | Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions | ||
Autonomous thermal tracking reveals spatiotemporal patterns of seabird activity relevant to interactions with floating offshore wind facilities | Schneider, S.; Kramer, S.; Bernstein, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision | Birds | |
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 | |
Toward solving the global green–green dilemma between wind energy production and bat conservation | Voigt, C.; Bernard, E.; Huang, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Bats | |
Using juvenile movements as a proxy for adult habitat and space use in long-lived territorial species: a case study on the golden eagle | Hemery, A.; Duriez, O.; Itty, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds | |
A review on the interactions between engineering and marine life: key information for engineering professionals | Dobson, T.; Lenchine, V.; Bainbridge, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Primary vs grey: A critical evaluation of literature sources used to assess the impacts of offshore wind farms | Szostek, C.; Edwards-Jones, A.; Beaumont, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | |
A three-dimensional model of terrain-induced updrafts for movement ecology studies | Thedin, R.; Brandes, D.; Quon, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Bats, Birds | |
Short Science Summary: Raptor Monitoring and Minimization Technologies | WREN | Summary | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Drivers of flight altitude during nocturnal bird migration over the North Sea and implications for offshore wind energy | Bradaric, M.; Kranstauber, B.; Bouten, W.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Displacement | Birds | |
Using Available Data and Information to Identify Offshore Wind Energy Areas Off the California Coast [2024] | Rockwood, R.; Salas, L.; Howar, J.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy | Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Mapping seabird vulnerability to offshore wind farms in Norwegian waters | Fauchald, P.; Ollus, V.; Ballesteros, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds | ||
Prioritizing landscapes for mitigating the impacts of onshore wind farms on multidimensional waterbird diversity in the Yellow Sea | Zhao, S.; Xu, H.; Wang, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds, Shorebirds | ||
The global impact of offshore wind farms on ecosystem services | Watson, S.; Somerfield, P.; Lemasson, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
A standardized protocol for assessing the performance of automatic detection systems used in onshore wind power plants to reduce avian mortality | Ballester, C.; Dupont, S.; Corbeau, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds | |
Wind energy development can lead to guild-specific habitat loss in boreal forest bats | McKay, R.; Johns, S.; Bischof, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Bats |
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