Vulnerability of avian populations to renewable energy production.

Autor:	Conkling TJ; U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Boise, ID 87648, USA., Vander Zanden HB; Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA., Allison TD; Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute, Washington, DC 20006, USA., Diffendorfer JE; U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA., Dietsch TV; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA., Duerr AE; Bloom Research Inc., Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA., Fesnock AL; Desert District Office, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA., Hernandez RR; Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.; Wild Energy Initiative, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA., Loss SR; Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA., Nelson DM; Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD 21532, USA., Sanzenbacher PM; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA., Yee JL; U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA., Katzner TE; U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Boise, ID 87648, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Royal Society open science [R Soc Open Sci] 2022 Mar 30; Vol. 9 (3), pp. 211558. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 30 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1098/rsos.211558
Abstrakt:	Renewable energy production can kill individual birds, but little is known about how it affects avian populations. We assessed the vulnerability of populations for 23 priority bird species killed at wind and solar facilities in California, USA. Bayesian hierarchical models suggested that 48% of these species were vulnerable to population-level effects from added fatalities caused by renewables and other sources. Effects of renewables extended far beyond the location of energy production to impact bird populations in distant regions across continental migration networks. Populations of species associated with grasslands where turbines were located were most vulnerable to wind. Populations of nocturnal migrant species were most vulnerable to solar, despite not typically being associated with deserts where the solar facilities we evaluated were located. Our findings indicate that addressing declines of North American bird populations requires consideration of the effects of renewables and other anthropogenic threats on both nearby and distant populations of vulnerable species. Competing Interests: The authors declare the following competing interests: T.J.C. is serving as a member of the Alameda County (California) Wind Repowering / Avian Protection Technical Advisory Committee. T.V.D. and P.M.S. also serve on Technical Advisory Groups for several solar facilities. T.D.A. is Director of Research with the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute. D.M.N. is a science advisor to the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute. All other authors declare they have no competing interests. (© 2022 The Authors.)
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