Estimating mortality of small passerine birds colliding with wind turbines.

ABSTRACT: As demand for renewable energy is rising, wind power development is rapidly growing worldwide. In its wake, conflicts arise over land use changes converting pristine nature into industrial power plants and its associated adverse biodiversity effects, crowned by one of the most obvious and deadly consequences: bird collisions. Most post-construction studies report low levels of avian mortality, but the majority of these studies are conducted primarily on larger birds. However, the diversity and abundance of small passerine birds are rarely reflected in the carcass surveys, although they in numeric proportion to their abundances should be the most numerous. The assumption that surveys find all carcasses seems thus rarely fulfilled and passerine mortality is likely to be grossly underestimate

SUBMITTER: Nilsson ALK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10695956 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature