[HTML][HTML] Forest gaps around wind turbines attract bat species with high collision risk

JS Ellerbrok, N Farwig, F Peter, F Rehling… - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The global demand for renewable energy has led to an expansion of wind energy
production at forested sites. The deployment and operation of turbines requires the clearing …

[HTML][HTML] Forest bat activity declines with increasing wind speed in proximity of operating wind turbines

JS Ellerbrok, N Farwig, F Peter, CC Voigt - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing use of onshore wind energy is leading to an increased deployment of wind
turbines in structurally rich habitats such as forests. Forest-affiliated bats, in turn, are at risk of …

Effects of tag mass on the physiology and behaviour of common noctule bats

M Kelling, SE Currie, SA Troxell, C Reusch… - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background External tags, such as transmitters and loggers, are often used to study bat
movements. However, physiological and behavioural effects on bats carrying tags have …

Low foraging rates drive large insectivorous bats away from urban areas

L Stidsholt, C Scholz, U Hermanns… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization has significant impacts on wildlife and ecosystems and acts as an
environmental filter excluding certain species from local ecological communities …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary diversification of an insect predator along an urban-rural gradient

C Scholz, T Teige, KPN Djoumessi, S Buchholz… - Landscape and Urban …, 2025 - Elsevier
Urbanisation generally leads to a loss of taxonomic and functional diversity in almost all
animal taxa, yet a mosaic of highly variable habitats within the urban matrix could offer a …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal siting of onshore wind turbines: Local disamenities matter

P Lehmann, F Reutter, P Tafarte - Resource and Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
The deployment of onshore wind power is an important means to mitigate climate change.
However, wind turbines also produce local disamenities to residents living next to them …

Winter torpor patterns of tricolored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) in the southeastern United States

P Sirajuddin, SC Loeb, ER Britzke… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Tricolored Bat (Perimyotis subflavus) has suffered significant population
declines in much of its geographic range due to white-nose syndrome (WNS). Our aim was …

Conservation: Tracking bats around wind turbines

MT O'Mara - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
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The trans-European catchment area of common noctule bats killed by wind turbines in France

M Merlet, L Arthur, DX Soto, CC Voigt - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Wind turbines used to combat climate change pose a green-green dilemma when
endangered and protected wildlife species are killed by collisions with spinning blades …

Foraging Behavior and Habitat Selection of the Greater Noctule Bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) in Southern Spain

MT Pineda - 2023 - search.proquest.com
The greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) is the only European bat species that includes
migrating birds in its diet in addition to insects. This poses challenges for accurately …