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Towards a Framework for Quantifying the Population-Level Consequences of Anthropogenic Pressures on the Environment: The Case of Seabirds and Windfarms

Abstract

  • Quantifying impacts of development on populations is a key problem for ecologists.
  • However, approaches to do this are often subject to significant uncertainty.
  • We propose a framework to assess the impacts of wind farms on seabird populations.
  • Probabilistic approaches proved less robust to uncertainty than others.
  • Decisions about impacts must be made in the context of the population concerned.