Impacts of wind energy development on bats : A global perspective
(2015) p.295-323- Abstract
Wind energy continues to be one of the fastest growing renewable energy sources under development, and while representing a clean energy source, it is not environmentally neutral. Large numbers of bats are being killed at utility-scale wind energy facilities worldwide, raising concern about cumulative impacts of wind energy development on bat populations. We discuss our current state of knowledge on patterns of bat fatalities at wind facilities, estimates of fatalities, mitigation efforts, and policy and conservation implications. Given the magnitude and extent of fatalities of bats worldwide, the conservation implications of understanding and mitigating bat fatalities at wind energy facilities are critically important and should be... (More)
Wind energy continues to be one of the fastest growing renewable energy sources under development, and while representing a clean energy source, it is not environmentally neutral. Large numbers of bats are being killed at utility-scale wind energy facilities worldwide, raising concern about cumulative impacts of wind energy development on bat populations. We discuss our current state of knowledge on patterns of bat fatalities at wind facilities, estimates of fatalities, mitigation efforts, and policy and conservation implications. Given the magnitude and extent of fatalities of bats worldwide, the conservation implications of understanding and mitigating bat fatalities at wind energy facilities are critically important and should be proactive and based on science rather than being reactive and arbitrary.
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- author
- Arnett, Edward B. ; Baerwald, Erin F. ; Mathews, Fiona ; Rodrigues, Luisa ; Rodríguez-Durán, Armando ; Rydell, Jens LU ; Villegas-Patraca, Rafael and Voigt, Christian C.
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World
- pages
- 29 pages
- publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84960362457
- ISBN
- 9783319252186
- 9783319252209
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9_11
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3121351d-2409-4a00-9bec-bb7259918f10
- date added to LUP
- 2016-09-26 07:27:35
- date last changed
- 2024-11-30 08:21:23
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abstract = {{<p>Wind energy continues to be one of the fastest growing renewable energy sources under development, and while representing a clean energy source, it is not environmentally neutral. Large numbers of bats are being killed at utility-scale wind energy facilities worldwide, raising concern about cumulative impacts of wind energy development on bat populations. We discuss our current state of knowledge on patterns of bat fatalities at wind facilities, estimates of fatalities, mitigation efforts, and policy and conservation implications. Given the magnitude and extent of fatalities of bats worldwide, the conservation implications of understanding and mitigating bat fatalities at wind energy facilities are critically important and should be proactive and based on science rather than being reactive and arbitrary.</p>}},
author = {{Arnett, Edward B. and Baerwald, Erin F. and Mathews, Fiona and Rodrigues, Luisa and Rodríguez-Durán, Armando and Rydell, Jens and Villegas-Patraca, Rafael and Voigt, Christian C.}},
booktitle = {{Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World}},
isbn = {{9783319252186}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
pages = {{295--323}},
publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}},
title = {{Impacts of wind energy development on bats : A global perspective}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9_11}},
doi = {{10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9_11}},
year = {{2015}},
}