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Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with US Geological Survey (USGS).

Total: 254

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Wind Energy Development: Methods for Assessing Risks to Birds and Bats Pre-Construction Katzner, T., Bennett, V., Miller, T. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision, Habitat Change Bats, Birds
Prioritizing Avian Species for Their Risk of Population Level Consequences from Wind Energy Development Beston, J., Diffendorfer, J., Loss, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision, Habitat Change Birds
Effects of wind‐energy facilities on breeding grassland bird distributions Shaffer, J., Buhl, D. Journal Article Wind Energy Birds
U.S. Geological Survey—Energy and Wildlife Research Annual Report for 2016 Khalil, M. Report Wind Energy Bats, Birds, Terrestrial Mammals
Assessing local population vulnerability with branching process models: an application to wind energy development Erickson, R., Eager, E., Stanton, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats, Birds
A framework for decision points to trigger adaptive management actions in long-term incidental take permits Dalthorp, D., Huso, M. Report Wind Energy Bats, Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Investigating the Causes and Consequences Cryan, P. Webpage Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Dim ultraviolet light as a means of deterring activity by the Hawaiian hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus semotus Gorresen, P., Cryan, P., Dalton, D. Journal Article Wind Energy Bats
Establishing conservation baselines with dynamic distribution models for bat populations facing imminent decline Rodhouse, T., Ormsbee, P., Irvine, K. Journal Article Wind Energy Habitat Change Bats
Landscape-scale distribution and density of raptor populations wintering in anthropogenic-dominated desert landscapes Duerr, A., Miller, T., Duerr, K. Journal Article Birds, Raptors
Key Seabird Areas in Southern New England Identified Using a Community Occupancy Model Flanders, N., Gardner, B., Winiarski, K. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Turbines and Terrestrial Vertebrates: Variation in Tortoise Survivorship Between a Wind Energy Facility and an Adjacent Undisturbed Wildland Area in the Desert Southwest (USA) Agha, M., Lovich, J., Ennen, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind
Seasonally-Dynamic Presence-Only Species Distribution Models for a Cryptic Migratory Bat Impacted by Wind Energy Development Hayes, M., Cryan, P., Wunder, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Estimating Wind-Turbine Caused Bird and Bat Fatality when Zero Carcasses are Observed Huso, M., Dalthorp, D., Dail, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats, Birds
A Call for Conservation Scientists to Evaluate Opportunities and Risks from Operation of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Santangeli, A., Katzner, T. Journal Article Wind Energy
Observation of Sandhill Cranes' (Grus canadensis) Flight Behavior in Heavy Fog Kirsch, E., Wellik, M., Suarez, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
Home in the heat: Dramatic seasonal variation in home range of desert golden eagles informs management for renewable energy development Braham, M., Miller, T., Duerr, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds, Raptors
Preliminary Methodology to Assess the National and Regional Impact of U.S. Wind Energy Development on Birds and Bats Diffendorfer, J., Beston, J., Merrill, M. Report Wind Energy Bats, Birds
Behavior of the Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) at Wind Turbines and its Distribution Across the North Ko'olau Mountains, O'ahu Gorresen, P., Cryan, P., Huso, M. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Insufficient Sampling to Identify Species Affected by Turbine Collisions Beston, J., Diffendorfer, J., Loss, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
Survival and Behavioral Effects of Exposure to a Hydrokinetic Turbine on Juvenile Atlantic Salmon and Adult American Shad Castro-Santos, T., Haro, A. Journal Article Marine Energy Pelagic Fish, Fish
Mortality estimation from carcass searches using the R-package carcass - a tutorial Korner-Nievergelt, F., Behr, O., Brinkmann, R. Journal Article Wind Energy
Pacific Coast Fisheries GIS Resource Database US Geological Survey (USGS) Webpage Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Common Raven Occurrence in Relation to Energy Transmission Line Corridors Transiting Human-Altered Sagebrush Steppe Coates, P., Howe, K., Casazza, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Birds
Behavior of Bats at Wind Turbines Cryan, P., Gorresen, P., Hein, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement Bats
Accounting for False-Positive Acoustic Detections of Bats Using Occupancy Models Clement, M., Rodhouse, T., Ormsbee, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
A Comprehensive Analysis of Small-Passerine Fatalities from Collision with Turbines at Wind Energy Facilities Erickson, W., Wolfe, M., Bay, K. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
Optimizing Conservation Strategies for Mexican Free-Tailed Bats: A Population Viability and Ecosystem Services Approach Wiederholt, R., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Svancara, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions, Bats
Efficient 3D Movement-Based Kernel Density Estimator and Application to Wildlife Ecology Tracey, J., Sheppard, J., Lockwood, G. Conference Paper Wind Energy
A Comment on "Bats Killed in Large Numbers at United States Wind Energy Facilities" Huso, M., Dalthorp, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Continental‐scale, seasonal movements of a heterothermic migratory tree bat Cryan, P., Stricker, C., Wunder, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Black Bears (Ursus americanus) as a Novel Potential Predator of Agassiz's Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) at a California Wind Energy Facility Lovich, J., Delaney, D., Briggs, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Terrestrial Mammals, Reptiles
Accounting for Unsearched Areas in Estimating Wind Turbine-Caused Fatality Huso, M., Dalthorp, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats, Birds
Land cover and topography affect the land transformation caused by wind facilities Diffendorfer, J., Compton, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change
Space use by Female Greater Prairie-Chickens in Response to Wind Energy Development Winder, V., NcNew, L., Gregory, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Birds
Effects of Wind Energy Development on Survival of Female Greater Prairie-Chickens Winder, V., NcNew, L., Gregory, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
Insect Prey Eaten by Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus) Prior to Fatal Collisions with Wind Turbines Valdez, E., Cryan, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Adaptive Management: From More Talk to Real Action Williams, B., Brown, E. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Evaluating Greater Sage-Grouse Seasonal Space Use Relative to Leks: Implications for Surface Use Designations in Sagebrush Ecosystems Coates, P., Casazza, M., Blomberg, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Birds
Abundance and Density of Lesser Prairie-Chickens and Leks in Texas Timmer, J., Butler, M., Ballard, W. Journal Article Birds
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