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Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-22178-z
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Collision sensitive niche profile of the worst affected bird-groups at wind turbine structures in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany
Autor Bose, A.; Duerr, T.; Klenke, R.A.; Henle, K.
Quelle Scientific Reports
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
Department NSF
Band/Volume 8
Seite von art. 3777
Sprache englisch
Daten-/Softwarelinks https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j1h2v
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Abstract Biodiversity-related impacts at wind energy facilities have increasingly become a cause of conservation concern, central issue being the collision of birds. Utilizing spatial information of their carcass detections at wind turbines (WTs), we quantified the detections in relation to the metric distances of the respective turbines to different land-use types. We used ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA) to identify combinations of land-use distances with respect to the spatial allocation of WTs that led to higher proportions of collisions among the worst affected bird-groups: Buntings, Crows, Larks, Pigeons and Raptors. We also assessed their respective similarities to the collision phenomenon by checking for overlaps amongst their distance combinations. Crows and Larks showed the narrowest “collision sensitive niche”; a part of ecological niche under higher risk of collisions with turbines, followed by that of Buntings and Pigeons. Raptors had the broadest niche showing significant overlaps with the collision sensitive niches of the other groups. This can probably be attributed to their larger home range combined with their hunting affinities to open landscapes. Identification of collision sensitive niches could be a powerful tool for landscape planning; helping avoid regions with higher risks of collisions for turbine allocations and thus protecting sensitive bird populations.
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Bose, A., Duerr, T., Klenke, R.A., Henle, K. (2018):
Collision sensitive niche profile of the worst affected bird-groups at wind turbine structures in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany
Sci. Rep. 8 , art. 3777 10.1038/s41598-018-22178-z