266-Ravon Schubben Bat conservation and the engery transition: wind turbines kill mostly female and juvenile bats
Bat conservation and the engery transition: wind turbines kill mostly female and juvenile bats
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2513
Many bats die at wind turbines when colliding with the spinning blades. Currently it is unclear whether all age cohorts or sexes are equally vulnerable. A comparison of age, sex and geographic origin of
Bat conservation and the engery transition: wind turbines kill mostly female and juvenile bats
Bat conservation and the engery transition: wind turbines kill mostly female and juvenile bats
Nathusius’ pipistrelles killed at wind turbines and living conspecifics from nearby populations now reveals that juveniles are killed more frequently than adults compared to their proportion in local populations. Females are killed more frequently than males – yet in line with their higher proportion in local populations. The high number of killed females and the elevated vulnerability of juveniles may have a negative effect on the long-term survival of populations, indicating that the current practice of
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2513wind energy production may not be ecologically sustainable. The investigation was led by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and is published in the scientific journal “Ecological Applications”.
