Local-scale impact of wind energy farms on rare, endemic, and threatened plant species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wind energy farms have become a popular solution to produce green energy worldwide. Their development within protected areas has increased dramatically in the past decade, and the effects on the rare, endemic and threatened plant species (i.e., protected plant species), essential for habitat conservation and management, are little known. Only a few studies directly quantify the impacts of wind energy farms on them. Our study analyzes the impact of wind energy farms on rare, endemic, and threatened plant species in steppic habitats and their recovery potential over a ten-year period on a wind energy farm within the Dealurile Agighiolului Natura 2000 site (Dobrogea Region, SE Romania).

Methods

We surveyed the rare, endemic, and threatened plant species within a radi

SUBMITTER: Urziceanu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140595 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature