Peaks in bat activity at turbines and the implications for mitigating the impact of wind energy developments on bats.
Peaks in bat activity at turbines and the implications for mitigating the impact of wind energy developments on bats.
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DOI：
10.1038/s41598-021-82014-9
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发表时间：
2021-02-11
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Mathews F
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作者：
Richardson SM;Lintott PR;Hosken DJ;Economou T;Mathews F
风力涡轮机对蝙蝠来说是一个相对较新的威胁，在世界范围内造成死亡。减少这些死亡对于确保全球风能设施的增加对蝙蝠种群的影响最小至关重要。虽然个别蝙蝠已被观察到接近风力涡轮机，并经常报告死亡，目前还不清楚蝙蝠是否积极吸引，漠不关心，或排斥，涡轮机在大型风能设施。在这项研究中，我们评估了蝙蝠活动在配对的涡轮机和控制位置在23个英国风力发电场。研究重点是伏翼属物种，这是迄今为止在这些地点记录的最丰富的蝙蝠。在涡轮机处的P. pipistrellus活动比在对照位置高37%，而P. pygmaeus活动与涡轮机没有吸引或排斥一致。鉴于欧洲超过50%的蝙蝠死亡是P. pipistrellus，这些发现有助于解释为什么在安装涡轮机之前进行的环境影响评估对实际死亡率的预测效果不佳。他们还建议，操作缓解措施（在高碰撞风险期间最大限度地减少叶片旋转）可能是减少碰撞的最有效方法，因为涡轮机的存在会改变蝙蝠的活动。
Wind turbines are a relatively new threat to bats, causing mortalities worldwide. Reducing these fatalities is essential to ensure that the global increase in wind-energy facilities can occur with minimal impact on bat populations. Although individual bats have been observed approaching wind turbines, and fatalities frequently reported, it is unclear whether bats are actively attracted to, indifferent to, or repelled by, the turbines at large wind-energy installations. In this study, we assessed bat activity at paired turbine and control locations at 23 British wind farms. The research focussed on Pipistrellus species, which were by far the most abundant bats recorded at these sites. P. pipistrellus activity was 37% higher at turbines than at control locations, whereas P. pygmaeus activity was consistent with no attraction or repulsion by turbines. Given that more than 50% of bat fatalities in Europe are P. pipistrellus, these findings help explain why Environmental Impact Assessments conducted before the installation of turbines are poor predictors of actual fatality rates. They also suggest that operational mitigation (minimising blade rotation in periods of high collision risk) is likely to be the most effective way to reduce collisions because the presence of turbines alters bat activity.
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Ecobat：一种在线资源，可促进对BAT活动数据的透明，基于证据的解释。
影响因子：
2.6
作者：
Lintott PR;Davison S;van Breda J;Kubasiewicz L;Dowse D;Daisley J;Haddy E;Mathews F
通讯作者：
Mathews F
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1406672111
发表时间：
2014-10-21
影响因子：
11.1
作者：
Cryan, Paul. M.;Gorresen, P. Marcos;Dalton, David C.
通讯作者：
Dalton, David C.
影响因子：
3.4
作者：
Minderman, J.;Gillis, M. H.;Park, K. J.
通讯作者：
Park, K. J.
影响因子：
4.6
作者：
Roeleke M;Blohm T;Kramer-Schadt S;Yovel Y;Voigt CC
通讯作者：
Voigt CC
DOI：
10.1098/rspb.2017.0829
发表时间：
2017-09-13
影响因子：
4.7
作者：
Thaxter, Chris B.;Buchanan, Graeme M.;Pearce-Higgins, James W.
通讯作者：
Pearce-Higgins, James W.