Bat Fatalities at Wind Farms in Northern Spain — Lessons to be Learned ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) I analysed bat fatalities reported from 56 wind farms in the La Rioja, Soria and Aragón regions of northern Spain. Post-construction monitoring surveys revealed 147 fatalities belonging to seven species of bats, namely Pipistrellus pipistrellus (59%...
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Zenodo
2012
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13438664 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13438664 |
| Summary: | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) I analysed bat fatalities reported from 56 wind farms in the La Rioja, Soria and Aragón regions of northern Spain. Post-construction monitoring surveys revealed 147 fatalities belonging to seven species of bats, namely Pipistrellus pipistrellus (59%), P. kuhlii (14%), Hypsugo savii (18%), Barbastella barbastellus, Nyctalus lasiopterus, N. leisleri and Tadarida teniotis (< 5% each). In the mostly low elevations sites in Aragon, fatalities occurred between March and December and peaked (76%) from July to October. In La Rioja and Soria, where wind farms mostly are located at higher elevations, fatalities occurred between May and October and without any obvious late summer peak. The reports reviewed here revealed many deficiencies in their protocols that prevent comparisons with other studies nationally and internationally. For example, only five reports (9%) accounted for searcher efficiency or carcass removal biases. Consequently, fatality estimates ... |
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