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An overview of the various technologies and their
potential effects on birds and bats; methods of minimizing the risk of adverse impacts;
and gaps in knowledge and how to tackle them. 275 pp. Hardcover. $60.00
The consolidation of the wind power industry along the world gives us an opportunity to better understand its environmental impact. This book written by several scientists of international recognition from different countries, presents an objective overview of the different technologies and their potential effects on birds; methods of minimizing the risk of adverse impacts; and gaps in knowledge and how to tackle them.
This book puts a considerable emphasis on encouragement and improvement of the communication between the different interested and involved parties (wind power companies, scientists, ecologists, governments, technicians and lay people).
Being a global testimony of a new threat for bird species: we hope that it will increase the awareness of the problem and lead to the implementation of adequate measures to mitigate its impact in the near future.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
Jose Meseguer
INTRODUCTION:
From Don Quixote windmills to wind farms:
A snake biting its tail
Vincenzo Penteriani
CHAPTER 1:
The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area's effects on birds:
A case history
Carl G. Thelander, K. Shawn Smallwood
CHAPTER 2
Responses of birds to the wind farm at Blyth Harbour,
Northumberland, UK
E.S.Lawrence, S. Painter, B. Little
CHAPTER 3:
Trapped within the corridor of the Southern North Sea:
The potential impact of offshore wind farms on seabirds
Eric W.M. Stienen, Van Waeyenberge, Eckhart Kuijken
CHAPTER 4:
Wind turbine collision research in the United States
Dave Sterner, Sue Orloff, Linda Spiegel
CHAPTER 5:
A sampling framework for conducting studies of the influence
of wind energy developments on birds and other animals
Michael L. Morrison, Karin C. Sinclair, Carl G. Thelander
CHAPTER 6:
Selecting study designs to evaluate the effect of
windpower on birds
Dale Stricklan, Wallace Erickson, David Young, Greg Johnson
CHAPTER 7:
Predicting the effects of wind farms on birds in the UK:
The development of an objective assessment method
Steve M. Percival
CHAPTER 8:
Effects of wind turbines on birds and bats in Southwestern
Minnesota, U.S.A.
Kenneth F. Higgins, Robert G. Osborn, David E. Naugle
CHAPTER 9:
Avian mortality in wind power plants of
Navarra (Northern Spain)
Jesus Ma Lekuona, Carmen Ursúa
CHAPTER 10:
Wind farms in the Orkney Islands, Scotland:
Environmental impact, past, present and future
E.R. Meek
CHAPTER 11:
Collision risks for diving ducks at semi-offshore wind farms
in freshwater lakes: A case study
Sjoerd Dirksen, Arie L. Spaans, Jan van Der Winden
CHAPTER 12:
Wind farm effects on birds in the Strait of Gibraltar
Manuela de Lucas, Guyonne Janss, Miguel Ferrer
CHAPTER 13:
Spatiotemporal patterns of bird mortality at two wind
farms of Southern Spain
Luis Barrios, Alejandro Rodrfguez
CHAPTER 14:
Use of data to develop mitigation measures for wind power
development impacts to birds
Gregory D. Johnson, M. Dale Strickland, Wallace P. Erickson, David P. Young, Jr.
CHAPTER 15:
Developing field and analytical methods to assess avian
collision risk at wind farms
W.Band, M. Madders, D. P. Whitfield
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