Distribution of common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) activity is altered by airflow disruption generated by wind turbines

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Leroux, Camille, Barré, Kévin, Valet, Nicolas, Kerbiriou, Christian, Le Viol, Isabelle
• Other Authors: Chowdhury, Ashfaque Ahmed, Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie, Auddicé biodiversité, Agence de la transition écologique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024
• Subjects: Lever; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303368; https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303368

The mechanisms underlying bat and bird activity peaks (attraction) or losses (avoidance) near wind turbines remain unknown. Yet, understanding them would be a major lever to limit the resulting habitat loss and fatalities. Given that bat activity is strongly related to airflows, we hypothesized that...