Data from: Out of sight of wind turbines – reindeer response to wind farms in operation
To meet the expanding land use required for wind energy development a better understanding of the effects on terrestrial animals’ responses to such development is required. Using GPS-data from 50 freely ranging female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the Malå reindeer herding community, Sweden, we de...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:117096 2023-07-02T03:33:35+02:00 Data from: Out of sight of wind turbines – reindeer response to wind farms in operation Skarin, Anna Sandström, Per Alam, Moudud 2018-09-10T15:25:25.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-kk-4cao https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:117096 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.5337hv7/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.5337hv7/2 doi:10.1002/ece3.4476 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-kk-4cao doi:10.5061/dryad.5337hv7 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:117096 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2018 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5337hv7/110.5061/dryad.5337hv7/210.1002/ece3.447610.5061/dryad.5337hv7 2023-06-13T12:51:02Z To meet the expanding land use required for wind energy development a better understanding of the effects on terrestrial animals’ responses to such development is required. Using GPS-data from 50 freely ranging female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the Malå reindeer herding community, Sweden, we determined reindeer calving sites and estimated reindeer habitat selection using resource selection functions (RSF). RSFs were estimated at both second- (selection of home range) and third-order (selection within home range) scale in relation to environmental variables, wind farm (WF) development phase (before construction, construction, and operation), distance to the WFs and at the second-order scale whether the wind turbines were in or out of sight of the reindeer. We found that the distance between reindeer calving site and wind farms increased during the operation phase, compared to before construction. At both scales of selection we found a significant decrease in habitat selection of areas in proximity of the WFs, in the same comparison. The results also revealed a shift in home range selection away from habitats where wind turbines became visible towards habitats where the wind turbines were obscured by topography (increase in use by 79% at 5 km). We interpret the reindeer shift in home range selection as an effect of the wind turbines per se. Using topography and land cover information together with the positions of wind turbines could therefore help identify sensitive habitats for reindeer and improve the planning and placement of WFs. In addition, we found that operation phase of these WFs had a stronger adverse impact on reindeer habitat selection than the construction phase. Thus, the continuous running of the wind turbines making a sound both day and night seemed to have disturbed the reindeer more than the sudden sounds and increased human activity during construction work. Other/Unknown Material Rangifer tarandus Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Skarin, Anna Sandström, Per Alam, Moudud Data from: Out of sight of wind turbines – reindeer response to wind farms in operation |
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To meet the expanding land use required for wind energy development a better understanding of the effects on terrestrial animals’ responses to such development is required. Using GPS-data from 50 freely ranging female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the Malå reindeer herding community, Sweden, we determined reindeer calving sites and estimated reindeer habitat selection using resource selection functions (RSF). RSFs were estimated at both second- (selection of home range) and third-order (selection within home range) scale in relation to environmental variables, wind farm (WF) development phase (before construction, construction, and operation), distance to the WFs and at the second-order scale whether the wind turbines were in or out of sight of the reindeer. We found that the distance between reindeer calving site and wind farms increased during the operation phase, compared to before construction. At both scales of selection we found a significant decrease in habitat selection of areas in proximity of the WFs, in the same comparison. The results also revealed a shift in home range selection away from habitats where wind turbines became visible towards habitats where the wind turbines were obscured by topography (increase in use by 79% at 5 km). We interpret the reindeer shift in home range selection as an effect of the wind turbines per se. Using topography and land cover information together with the positions of wind turbines could therefore help identify sensitive habitats for reindeer and improve the planning and placement of WFs. In addition, we found that operation phase of these WFs had a stronger adverse impact on reindeer habitat selection than the construction phase. Thus, the continuous running of the wind turbines making a sound both day and night seemed to have disturbed the reindeer more than the sudden sounds and increased human activity during construction work. |
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Skarin, Anna Sandström, Per Alam, Moudud |
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Skarin, Anna Sandström, Per Alam, Moudud |
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Data from: Out of sight of wind turbines – reindeer response to wind farms in operation |
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Data from: Out of sight of wind turbines – reindeer response to wind farms in operation |
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data from: out of sight of wind turbines – reindeer response to wind farms in operation |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.5337hv7/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.5337hv7/2 doi:10.1002/ece3.4476 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-kk-4cao doi:10.5061/dryad.5337hv7 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:117096 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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