Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches

Three recent publications have estimated the number of birds killed each year by wind energy facilities at 2012 build-out levels in the United States. The 3 publications differ in scope, methodology, and resulting estimates. We compare and contrast characteristics of the approaches used in the publi...

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Main Authors:	Douglas H. Johnson, Scott R. Loss, K. Shawn Smallwood, Wallace P. Erickson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Utah State University 2017-02-01
Series:	Human-Wildlife Interactions
Subjects:	birds fatalities human–wildlife conflicts turbines wind energy facilities wind farm
Online Access:	https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol10/iss1/3

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spelling	doaj-1d58476873fe4c20916a23d0afe2d0662020-11-25T03:48:01ZengUtah State UniversityHuman-Wildlife Interactions2155-38742155-38742017-02-0110110.26077/a4ec-ed37Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent ApproachesDouglas H. Johnson0Scott R. Loss1K. Shawn Smallwood, Wallace P. Erickson2University of MinnesotaOklahoma State UniversityWEST Inc.Three recent publications have estimated the number of birds killed each year by wind energy facilities at 2012 build-out levels in the United States. The 3 publications differ in scope, methodology, and resulting estimates. We compare and contrast characteristics of the approaches used in the publications. In addition, we describe decisions made in obtaining the estimates that were produced. Despite variation in the 3 approaches, resulting estimates were reasonably similar; about a quarter- to a half-million birds are killed per year by colliding with wind turbines. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol10/iss1/3birdsfatalitieshuman–wildlife conflictsturbineswind energy facilitieswind farm
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title	Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches
title_short	Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches
title_full	Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches
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publisher	Utah State University
series	Human-Wildlife Interactions
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description	Three recent publications have estimated the number of birds killed each year by wind energy facilities at 2012 build-out levels in the United States. The 3 publications differ in scope, methodology, and resulting estimates. We compare and contrast characteristics of the approaches used in the publications. In addition, we describe decisions made in obtaining the estimates that were produced. Despite variation in the 3 approaches, resulting estimates were reasonably similar; about a quarter- to a half-million birds are killed per year by colliding with wind turbines.
topic	birds fatalities human–wildlife conflicts turbines wind energy facilities wind farm
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Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches

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