How far are birds, bats, and terrestrial mammals displaced from onshore wind power development?–A systematic review

A Tolvanen, H Routavaara, M Jokikokko, P Rana - Biological conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind power is a rapidly growing source of energy worldwide. It is crucial for climate change
mitigation, but it also accelerates the degradation of biodiversity through habitat loss and the …

Overestimation of mitigation leads to underestimation of residual impacts

Á Enríquez-de-Salamanca - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2024 - Elsevier
An essential part of environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the proposal of mitigation
measures, whose effectiveness has a decisive influence on the magnitude of the residual …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-scale collision risk mapping and validation with long-term mortality data reveal current and future wind energy development impact on sensitive species

J Morant, E Arrondo, JA Sánchez-Zapata… - Environmental Impact …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ongoing demand for renewable energy has boosted the development of wind farms
worldwide. Given the impact these facilities have on flying species, a spatially explicit …

[HTML][HTML] Griffon Vulture movements are concentrated around roost and supplementary feeding stations: implications for wind energy development on Mediterranean …

J Cerri, I Fozzi, D De Rosa, M Aresu… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) populations occur on Mediterranean islands, where
wind energy is developing fast. As griffons are subjected to collisions with wind turbines …

[HTML][HTML] Wind farms and Griffon Vultures: Evidence that under certain conditions history is not-always turbulent

MÁ Farfán, F Díaz-Ruiz, J Duarte… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the early stages of wind energy development, there has been concern about the
potential impact of wind farms on wildlife, particularly birds and bats. However, the lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale

J Serratosa, S Oppel, S Rotics, A Santangeli… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening
hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to …

Insights on the best release strategy from post-release movements and mortality patterns in an avian scavenger

I Fozzi, R Brogi, S Cavazza, R Chirichella, D De Rosa… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Conservation translocations involving vultures rely either on soft-or hard-release strategies.
To investigate whether these strategies affect home range stability and survival, we …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the impact of climate change on the potential distribution of a critically endangered avian scavenger, Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus, in …

EA Lawer - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental factors, such as climate change and anthropogenic activities, constitute the
principal drivers behind the global decline of avian scavengers. In this context …

[HTML][HTML] Wind farms and griffon vultures: No evidence for habituation and coexistence, a reply to Farfàn et al.

O Duriez, A Camiña-Cardenal, Y Sassi, C Blary… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In a recent paper, Farfán et al.(2023) suggested that a population of griffon vultures in
Málaga province (southern Spain) have gradually become habituated to the presence of …

Mitigation measures for preventing collision of birds with wind turbines

PB Garcia-Rosa, JOG Tande - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Bird collisions with wind turbines is one of the major environmental impacts of wind energy.
To decrease the number of avian fatalities in wind farms, several studies have been done to …