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Title | Author | Date | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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The Race to the Water for Offshore Renewable Energy: Assessing Cumulative and In-combination Impacts for Offshore Renewable Energy Developments | Caine, C. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions | ||
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 | |
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 | |
Minimal effects of wind turbines on the distribution of wintering farmland birds | Devereux, C.; Denny, M.; Whittingham, M. | Journal Article | Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
The Aversive Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on Foraging Bats—A Possible Means of Discouraging Bats from Approaching Wind Turbines | Nicholls, B.; Racey, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, EMF | Bats | |
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 | |
A new seabed mobility index for the Irish Sea: Modelling seabed shear stress and classifying sediment mobilisation to help predict erosion, deposition, and sediment distribution | Coughlan, M.; Guerrini, M.; Creane, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
The Irish Sea bed load parting zone: Is it a mid-sea hydrodynamic phenomenon or a geological theoretical concept? | Creane, S.; O'Shea, M.; Coughlan, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Development and Dynamics of Sediment Waves in a Complex Morphological and Tidal Dominant System: Southern Irish Sea | Creane, S.; Coughlan, M.; O’Shea, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
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 | |
Black Guillemot Ecology in Relation to Tidal Stream Energy Generation: An Evaluation of Current Knowledge and Information Gaps | Johnston, D.; Furness, R.; Robbins, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Tidal, Marine Energy | Seabirds, Birds | ||
Changes in the Abundance and Distribution of Upland Breeding Birds at an Operational Wind Farm | Douglas, D.; Bellamy, P.; Pearce-Higgins, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Displacement | Shorebirds, Ground-Nesting Birds, Birds | |
Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Wind Farms on Peatland Birds: A Case Study of Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria in Scotland | Pearce-Higgins, J.; Stephen, L.; Langston, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds, Shorebirds | ||
The wind is blowing the right way for birds | Foote, R. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
Wind power, landscape and strategic, spatial planning-The construction of ‘acceptable locations’ in Wales | Cowell, R. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
The ‘Social Gap’ in Wind Farm Siting Decisions: Explanations and Policy Responses | Bell, D.; Gray, T.; Haggett, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||
Tidal Energy: The Benthic Effects of an Operational Tidal Stream Turbine | O'Carroll, J.; Kennedy, R.; Creech, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Changes in Flow | Invertebrates | |
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 | |
Differences in bat activity in relation to bat detector height: implications for bat surveys at proposed windfarm sites | Collins, J.; Jones, G. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
Spatial Association as an Indicator of the Potential for Future Interactions Between Wind Energy Developments and Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos in Scotland | Fielding, A.; Whitfield, D.; McLeod, D. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Raptors, Birds | ||
Environmental impacts of micro-wind turbines and their potential to contribute to UK climate change targets | Greening, B.; Azapagic, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||
Wind Power and Planning: The Environmental Impact of Windfarms in the UK | Coles, R.; Taylor, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions, 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 | |
Environmental Aspects of Large-Scale Wind-Power Systems in the UK | Robson, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Noise | Birds, Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts | |
Wind power and community benefits: Challenges and opportunities | Aitken, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions | ||
Resident Golden Eagle Ranging Behaviour Before and After Construction of a Windfarm in Argyll | Walker, D.; McGrady, M.; McCluskie, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors | |
Epibenthic Assessment of a Renewable Tidal Energy Site | Sheehan, E.; Gall, S.; Cousens, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Tidal, Marine Energy | Physical Environment, Invertebrates | ||
A bird's-eye view on turbulence: seabird foraging associations with evolving surface flow features | Lieber, L.; Langrock, R.; Nimmo-Smith, A. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Attraction, Changes in Flow | Birds, Seabirds | |
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 | ||
Insect Attraction to Wind Turbines: Does Colour Play a Role? | Long, C.; Flint, J.; Lepper, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction | Invertebrates, Birds, Bats | |
Diurnal and nocturnal ranging behaviour by moorland-breeding Short-eared Owls Asio flammeus in Scotland | Calladine, J.; Morrison, N. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Raptors, Birds | ||
Golden Eagles in a Multiple Land-Use Environment: A Case Study in Conflict Management | Madders, M.; Walker, D. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors | |
Experimental Evidence for the Effect of Small Wind Turbine Proximity and Operation on Bird and Bat Activity | Miderman, J.; Pendlebury, C.; Pearce-Higgins, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats, Birds | ||
The Effects of Aero-Generators on Moorland Bird Populations in the Orkney Islands, Scotland | Meek, E.; Ribbands, J.; Christer, W.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Displacement, Collision | Seabirds, Birds | |
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 |
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