White‐tailed eagles ( Haliaeetus albicilla) at the Smøla wind‐power plant, Central Norway, lack behavioral flight responses to wind turbines

• Published in: Wildlife Society Bulletin
• Main Authors: Dahl, Espen Lie, May, Roel, Hoel, Pernille Lund, Bevanger, Kjetil, Pedersen, Hans Chr, Røskaft, Eivin, Stokke, Bård G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Norway; Smøla; Haliaeetus albicilla; White-tailed eagle
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wsb.258; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fwsb.258; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsb.258

Abstract Evidence is increasing of bird mortality due to large‐scale wind‐energy development. Soaring raptors, such as the white‐tailed eagle ( Haliaeetus albicilla ), have proven particularly vulnerable to collisions. In this study, we compared white‐tailed eagle flight behavior both inside and out...