[HTML][HTML] Significant decline of Griffon Vulture collision mortality in wind farms during 13-year of a selective turbine stopping protocol

M Ferrer, A Alloing, R Baumbush… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Avian mortality is one of the most negative impacts of wind energy. Consequently,
techniques that effectively reduce avian collision rates are necessary. One of such method is …

Griffon vulture mortality at wind farms in southern Spain: Distribution of fatalities and active mitigation measures

M De Lucas, M Ferrer, MJ Bechard, AR Muñoz - Biological Conservation, 2012 - Elsevier
Wind is increasingly being used as a renewable energy source around the world. Avian
mortality is one of the negative impacts of wind energy and a new technique that reduces …

Mortality at wind-farms is positively related to large-scale distribution and aggregation in griffon vultures

M Carrete, JA Sánchez-Zapata, JR Benítez… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Wind-farms have negative impacts on the environment, mainly through habitat destruction
and bird mortality, making it urgent to design predictive tools to use in landscape planning. A …

Collision fatality of raptors in wind farms does not depend on raptor abundance

M De Lucas, GFE Janss, DP Whitfield… - Journal of applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The number of wind farms is increasing worldwide. Despite their purported
environmental benefits, wind energy developments are not without potential adverse …

Effects of wind turbine curtailment on bird and bat fatalities

KS Smallwood, DA Bell - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bird and bat fatalities increase with wind energy expansion and the only effective fatality‐
reduction measure has been operational curtailment, which has been documented for bats …

A balanced solution to the cumulative threat of industrialized wind farm development on cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) in south-eastern Europe

DP Vasilakis, DP Whitfield, V Kati - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Wind farm development can combat climate change but may also threaten bird populations'
persistence through collision with wind turbine blades if such development is improperly …

Survival of a small reintroduced griffon vulture population in the Apennines: insights from Global Positioning System tracking

F Monti, P Serroni, F Rotondaro… - Avian Biology …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Conservation translocations (eg, restocking, reintroductions) represent efficient tools to
prevent the extinction or favouring the return of previously extirpated populations into the …

Reconciling endangered species conservation with wind farm development: Cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) in south-eastern Europe

DP Vasilakis, DP Whitfield, S Schindler… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Harnessing wind energy is seen as an environmentally friendly strategy to combat climate
change. However, adverse environmental impacts have come to light for species that are …

[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 …

Effectiveness of a mitigation measure for the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) in wind farms in Spain

M Pescador, JIG Ramírez, SJ Peris - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
Central-eastern Spain is characterised as being a flat and relatively open landscape, greatly
used for agricultural purposes and with a high density of wind installations. This landscape …