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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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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Douglas H. Johnson Scott R. Loss K. Shawn Smallwood, Wallace P. Erickson Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches Human-Wildlife Interactions 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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Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches |
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Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches |
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Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches |
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Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches |
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avian fatalities at wind energy facilities in north america: a comparison of recent approaches |
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Utah State University |
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Human-Wildlife Interactions |
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2155-3874 2155-3874 |
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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.
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