TY - RPRT
TI - Developing a Habitat Loss Method for Assessing Displacement Impacts from Offshore Wind Farms
AU - Busch, M
AU - Buisson, R
AU - Barrett, Z
AU - Davies, S
AU - Rehfisch, M
AB - The impacts of offshore wind farms (OWFs) on seabirds are typically divided into three forms: collision mortality, barrier impacts and displacement impacts. This report investigates the validity of assumptions underlying a recently suggested approach, defined as the ′Displacement as Habitat Loss′ approach. This approach interprets displacement impacts as a time restricted, quasi-permanent habitat loss rather than a year-on-year effect across the entire operational lifetime of an OWF. It proposes that after displacement impacts have been exerted on a population, a new, stable population equilibrium is reached at some level below the initial starting population. By examining the assumptions underlying this approach and outlining ways of translating it into a staged assessment framework, this report provides an analysis of the pros and cons of the ′Displacement as Habitat Loss′ approach.
DA - 2015/03//
PY - 2015
SP - 57
PB - Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
SN - JNCC Report No: 551
UR - https://www.academia.edu/29384482/Developing_a_Habitat_Loss_Method_for_Assessing_Displacement_Impacts_from_Offshore_Wind_Farms
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Displacement
KW - Seabirds
KW - Birds
ER -