Game bird carcasses are less persistent than raptor carcasses, but can predict raptor persistence dynamics.

ABSTRACT: Researchers conduct post-construction fatality monitoring (PCFM) to determine a wind energy facility's direct impacts on wildlife. Results of PCFM can be used to evaluate compliance with permitted take, potentially triggering adaptive management measures or offsetting mitigation; reducing uncertainty in fatality rates benefits wind companies, wildlife agencies, and other stakeholders. As part of PCFM, investigators conduct carcass persistence trials to account for imperfect detection during carcass surveys. In most PCFM studies, pen-raised game birds and other non-raptor surrogates have been used to estimate persistence of all large birds, including raptors. However, there is a growing body of evidence showing carcass persistence varies by bird type; raptor fatality estimates based on game

SUBMITTER: Hallingstad E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9810176 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature