[HTML][HTML] A review of post-construction monitoring practices used in the evaluation of transmission power line impacts on birds and mitigation effectiveness, with …

RC Martins, J Bernardino, F Moreira - Environmental Impact Assessment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bird mortality by collision is one of the major biodiversity impacts of transmission power
lines. The European Union legislation determines that overhead power lines subject to …

A nationwide collapse of a priority grassland bird related to livestock conversion and intensification

JP Silva, AT Marques, C Carrapato, R Machado… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Grassland birds are among the most threatened and fastest declining terrestrial vertebrate
species in Europe, principally due to agricultural intensification and transformation. The little …

[HTML][HTML] Detailed mapping of protected species distribution, an essential tool for renewable energy planning in agroecosystems

C Palacín, I Farias, JC Alonso - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The current development of renewable energy infrastructure (EI) can lead to an irreversible
loss of biodiversity, but negative impacts can be minimised through effective planning. As a …

Deployment of solar energy at the expense of conservation sensitive areas precludes its classification as an environmentally sustainable activity

F Valera, L Bolonio, A La Calle, E Moreno - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solar energy (SE) is essential for the decarbonization of our economy and for energetic
transition. Solar energy can be a sustainable economic activity, as long as a balance is …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the effectivity of a land sparing strategy to preserve an endangered steppe-land bird population in cereal farmland: Scopes and limits

S Mañosa, G Bota - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification and the disappearance of fallow land have been identified as a
major driver of biodiversity loss in European farmland. In particular, the dramatic population …

The COVID19 confinement revealed negative anthropogenic effects of unsustainable tourism on endangered birds

I Abril-Colón, C Palacín, A Ucero, JC Alonso - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing levels of tourism represent a risk to species susceptible to human-induced
disturbance and habitat degradation. With the outbreak of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic …

Alarming decline of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in one of its two population strongholds in Sardinia, Italy

A Santangeli, A Cardillo, M Pes… - Bird Conservation …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Farmland biodiversity is declining worldwide, and especially in Western countries largely
owing to the large-scale intensification of agricultural practices. The Little Bustard Tetrax …

Spatial overlap in powerline collisions and vehicle strikes obscures the primary cause of avian mortality

MS Travers, S Driskill, C Scott, K Hanna… - Journal for Nature …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic threats to Hawaii's birds have resulted in numerous extinctions with many
additional species now listed as threatened or endangered. Implementing conservation …

GPS tracking reveals the timing of collisions with powerlines and fences of three threatened steppe bird species

AT Marques, C Pacheco, F Mougeot… - Bird Conservation …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Collision with powerlines is a major cause of mortality for many bird species, including
bustards and sandgrouse. In this work, we used GPS tracking data to identify the hour of …

Significant decline of an endemic bustard in the Canary Islands

A Ucero, JC Alonso, C Palacín, I Abril-Colón… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
The declines of species are caused by a combination of factors that affect survival or
breeding success. We studied the effects of a set of environmental and anthropogenic …