Knowledge Base
The Knowledge Base provides access to information about the environmental effects of marine and wind energy, supporting OES-Environmental and WREN initiatives. Relevant documents and OES-Environmental metadata forms are compiled into a user-friendly table with advanced filtering. Filters may be selected on the right, or keywords entered in the Search Text box. Content may also be sorted alphabetically by clicking on column headers.
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| Title | Author* | Date** | Type of Content |
Technology Types |
Stressors | Receptors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spatial Demographic Models to Inform Conservation Planning of Golden Eagles in Renewable Energy Landscapes | Wiens, J., et al. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Scale-dependent habitat selection by wintering geese: implications for landscape management | Harrison, A., et al. | January 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds, Waterfowl |
| A Bridge Between Oceans: Overland Migration of Marine Birds in a Wind Energy Corridor | Lamb, J., et al. | February 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Seabirds |
| 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 |
| Factors Influencing Winter Mortality Risk for Pronghorn Exposed to Wind Energy Development | Taylor, K., Beck, J., Huzurbazar, S. | March 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Terrestrial Mammals |
| Collision sensitive niche profile of the worst affected bird-groups at wind turbine structures in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany | Bose, A., et al. | February 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| The utility of point count surveys to predict wildlife interactions with wind energy facilities: An example focused on golden eagles | Sur, M., et al. | May 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Raptor Interactions with Wind Energy: Case Studies from Around the World | Watson, R., et al. | March 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds, Raptors |
| 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 |
| Male Greater Prairie-Chickens Adjust their Vocalizations in the Presence of Wind Turbine Noise | Whalen, C., et al. | February 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds |
| Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy Sourced Electric Production for the Province of Sinop/Turkey | Alcan, Y. | October 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| A Review of Options for Mitigating Take of Golden Eagles at Wind Energy Facilities | Allison, T., et al. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Guidelines for Consideration of Bats in Environmental Impact Assessment of Wind Farms in Brazil: A Collaborative Governance Experience from Rio Grande Do Sul State | Bernard, E., et al. | January 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Socio-economics, Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Bird collision with power lines: estimating carcass persistence and detection associated with ground search surveys | Borner, L., et al. | December 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds |
| Golden Eagles in a Changing World | Collopy, M., Woodbridge, B., Brown, J. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Comparing Pre- Versus Postoperational Movement of Nocturnal Migrants around a Wind Energy Facility in Northeast British Columbia, Canada | d'Entremont, M., Hartley, I., Otter, K. | January 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| 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 |
| Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Golden Eagle Diets in the Western United States, with Implications for Conservation Planning | Kochert, M., et al. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Breathe of Life: Ethical Wind Power and Wildlife | Loder, R. | January 2009 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats, Terrestrial Mammals |
| Living in Habitats Affected by Wind Turbines May Result in an Increase in Corticosterone Levels in Ground Dwelling Animals | Łopucki, R., et al. | January 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Terrestrial Mammals |
| Effects of Wind Turbines on Spatial Distribution of the European Hamster | Łopucki, R., Perzanowski, K. | January 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Terrestrial Mammals |
| 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 |
| Match Between Soaring Modes of Black Kites and the Fine-Scale Distribution of Updrafts | Santos, C., et al. | July 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| 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 |
| Mating Eastern Red Bats Found Dead at a Wind Energy Facility | Solick, D., et al. | June 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Bats |
| Status of herpatofaunal diversity of Ramagiri east and west reserve forests of Ananthapuramu district, Andhra Pradesh | Subramanyam, B., Khan, I., Kumari, K. | January 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| Impact of Windmills and Power Lines on Birds: A Case Study at Porbandar Taluka, Gujarat-India | Suthar, A., et al. | June 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| No Substitute for Survival: Perturbation Analyses Using a Golden Eagle Population Model Reveal Limits to Managing for Take | Tack, J., et al. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Bird Impact Analysis of a Composite Wind Turbine Blade | Tejas, K., Prashanth, A. | August 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds |
| Insect Prey Eaten by Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus) Prior to Fatal Collisions with Wind Turbines | Valdez, E., Cryan, P. | December 2013 | 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 |
| Flight Response to Spatial and Temporal Correlates Informs Risk from Wind Turbines to the California Condor | Poessel, S., et al. | May 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Automated monitoring for birds in flight: Proof of concept with eagles at a wind power facility | McClure, C., Marinson, L., Allison, T. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| The impact of a central Apennine wind-farm | Forconi, P., Fusari, M., Appiotti, A. | September 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds |
| Home in the heat: Dramatic seasonal variation in home range of desert golden eagles informs management for renewable energy development | Braham, M., et al. | June 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Raptors |
| Continental‐scale, seasonal movements of a heterothermic migratory tree bat | Cryan, P., Stricker, C., Wunder, M. | June 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | 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 |
| Impacts of wind farms on land surface temperature | Zhou, L., et al. | July 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
| Assessing space use by pre-breeding white-tailed eagles in the context of wind-energy development in Finland | Balotari-Chiebao, F., et al. | September 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Proximity to wind-power plants reduces the breeding success of the white-tailed eagle | Balotari-Chiebao, F., et al. | June 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Wind farms affect the occurrence, abundance and population trends of small passerine birds: The case of the Dupont's lark | Gomez-Catasus, J., Garza, V., Traba, J. | July 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Passerines |
| Using residential proximity to wind turbines as an alternative exposure measure to investigate the association between wind turbines and human health | Barry, R., Sulsky, S., Kreiger, N. | June 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Noise | N/A |
| Impact of wind farms on soaring bird populations at a migratory bottleneck | Martin, B., et al. | June 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| The song of Skylarks Alauda arvensis indicates the deterioration of an acoustic environment resulting from wind farm start‐up | Szymanski, P., et al. | July 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds |
| Estimating wind turbine fatalities using integrated detection trials | Smallwood, K. Shawn, et al. | April 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| Movement patterns of white‐tailed sea eagles near wind turbines | Krone, O., Treu, G. | September 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| 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 |
| The determinants of wind energy growth in the United States: Drivers and barriers to state-level development | Schumacher, K., Yang, Z. | December 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Socio-economics, Legal and Policy |
| At the Heart of a Sustainable Energy Transition: The Public Acceptability of Energy Projects | Perlaviciute, G., et al. | January 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Socio-economics, Stakeholder Engagement |
| Impacts of wind power infrastructure development on semi-domesticated reindeer and reindeer husbandry | Skarin, A., et al. | July 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Terrestrial Mammals |
| Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America | McDonald, R., et al. | August 2009 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Ecosystem |
| Regional Analysis of Wind Turbine-Caused Bat Mortality | Drake, D., et al. | June 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Effects of development of wind energy and associated changes in land use on bird densities in upland areas | Fernández‐Bellon, D., et al. | October 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| Bat Mortality Due to Wind Turbines in Canada | Zimmerling, J., Francis, C. | November 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Prioritizing Avian Species for Their Risk of Population Level Consequences from Wind Energy Development | Beston, J., et al. | March 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device, Static Device | Birds |
| Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: A Comparison of Recent Approaches | Johnson, D., et al. | April 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds |
| Wind Energy Development: Methods for Assessing Risks to Birds and Bats Pre-Construction | Katzner, T., et al. | April 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device, Static Device | Bats, Birds |
| Quantifying the Health and Environmental Benefits of Wind Power to Natural Gas | McCubbin, D., Sovacool, B. | February 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | N/A |
| Greater sage‐grouse male lek counts relative to a wind energy development | LeBeau, C., et al. | March 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds |
| Modeling autumn migration of a rare soaring raptor identifies new movement corridors in central Appalachia | Dennhardt, A., et al. | May 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Spatial Ecology of Female Mule Deer in an Area Proposed for Wind Energy Development | Webb, S., et al. | November 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Terrestrial Mammals |
| Predicting Eagle Fatalities at Wind Facilities | Bay, K., et al. | August 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds, Raptors |
| Bats in a tropical wind farm: species composition and importance of the spatial attributes of vegetation cover on bat fatalities | Bolivar-Cime, B., et al. | July 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Developing an efficient protocol for monitoring eagle fatalities at wind energy facilities | Hallingstad, E., et al. | December 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds, Raptors |
| Inconspicuous echolocation in hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) | Corcoran, A., Weller, T. | May 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Effects of wind energy generation and white-nose syndrome on the viability of the Indiana bat | Erickson, R., et al. | December 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Bats |
| Habitat use of migratory bats killed during autumn at wind turbines | Voigt, C., et al. | April 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Bats |
| Predation risk: a potential mechanism for effects of a wind energy facility on Greater Prairie-Chicken survival | Smith, J., et al. | June 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds |
| Grassland bird community and acoustic complexity appear unaffected by proximity to a wind energy facility in the Nebraska Sandhills | Raynor, E., et al. | August 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Birds |
| Nest site selection and nest survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens near a wind energy facility | Harrison, J., et al. | August 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds |
| 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 |
| Indirect Effects of an Existing Wind Energy Facility on Lekking Behavior of Greater Prairie-Chickens | Smith, J., et al. | March 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds |
| Assessing spring direct mortality to avifauna from wind energy facilities in the Dakotas | Graff, B., et al. | March 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats, Birds |
| Wind farms have cascading impacts on ecosystems across trophic levels | Thaker, M., Zambre, A., Bhosale, H. | December 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors, Ecosystem |
| Bat fatalities at wind farms in Taiwan | Chou, C., et al. | June 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Response of migrating raptors to an increasing number of wind farms | Cabrera-Cruz, S., Villegas-Patraca, R. | December 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Birds, Raptors |
| Nocturnal migrants do not incur higher collision risk at wind turbines than diurnally active species | Welcker, J., et al. | April 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds |
| Long-term implications of sustained wind power growth in the United States: Potential benefits and secondary impacts | Wiser, R., et al. | October 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment, Socio-economics, Climate Change |
| Scavenger removal of bird carcasses at simulated wind turbines: Does carcass type matter? | DeVault, T., et al. | November 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Birds |
| Testing for errors in estimating bird mortality rates at wind farms and power lines | Farfan, M., et al. | September 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds |
| Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus population trends in relation to wind farms | Wilson, M., et al. | January 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Birds, Raptors |
| A balanced solution to the cumulative threat of industrialized wind farm development on cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) in south-eastern Europe | Vasilakis, D., Whitfield, D., Kati, V. | February 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds, Raptors |
| Wind energy, nest success, and post‐fledging survival of Buteo hawks | Kolar, P., Bechard, M. | September 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Birds, Raptors |
| Addressing the factors that juxtapose raptors and wind turbines | Hunt,G., Watson, J. | March 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| Reproductive success of Horned Lark and McCown's Longspur in relation to wind energy infrastructure | Mahoney, A., Chalfoun, A. | May 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Birds, Passerines |
| Species composition and mortality of bats at the Osorio Wind Farm, southern Brazil | Barros, M., de Magalhaes, R., Rui, A. | January 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats |
| Predicting bird collisions with wind turbines: Comparison of the new empirical Flux Collision Model with the SOSS Band model | Kleyheeg-Hartman, J., et al. | November 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds |
| Assessment of Diurnal Wind Turbine Collision Risk for Grassland Birds on the Southern Great Plains | Wulff, S., Butler, M., Ballard, W. | June 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds |
| Estimation of bird fatalities caused by wind turbines in Turkey | Arikan, K., Turan, S. | January 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds |
| Landscape design: Integrating ecological, social, and economic considerations into conservation planning | Bartuszevige, A., et al. | September 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Socio-economics, Legal and Policy |
| 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. | June 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Static Device | Birds, Raptors |
| Empirical Evidence for Factors Affecting Searcher Efficiency and Scavenging Rates at a Coastal, Terrestrial Wind-Power Facility | Peters, K., Mizrahi, D., Allen, M. | December 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Bats, Birds |
| Application of Isoscapes to Determine Geographic Origin of Terrestrial Wildlife for Conservation and Management | Vander Zanden, H., et al. | December 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | N/A |
| Quantifying the Demographic Cost of Human-Related Mortality to a Raptor Population | Hunt, W., et al. | February 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds, Raptors |
| 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 |
| Reconciling endangered species conservation with wind farm development: Cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) in south-eastern Europe | Vasilakis, D., et al. | April 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Dynamic Device | Birds, Raptors |
| State of the World's Raptors: Distributions, Threats, and Conservation Recommendations | McClure, C., et al. | November 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
| An assessment of non-volant terrestrial vertebrates response to wind farms - a study of small mammals | Łopucki, R., Mróz, I. | February 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Terrestrial Mammals |
| Analysis of the wind turbine noise emissions and impact on the environment | Katinas, V., Marčiukaitis, M., Tamašauskienė, M. | May 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Noise | N/A |
| Modelling golden eagle habitat selection and flight activity in their home ranges for safer wind farm planning | Tikkanen, H., et al. | July 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Raptors |
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