Wind farms and griffon vultures: No evidence for habituation and coexistence, a reply to Farfàn et al.

Autor: Olivier Duriez, Alvaro Camiña-Cardenal, Yohan Sassi, Constance Blary, Thierry Chambert, Cyrielle Ballester, Aurélien Besnard, Alexandre Millon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol 51, Iss , Pp e02921- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2351-9894
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02921
Popis: In a recent paper, Farfán et al. (2023) suggested that a population of griffon vultures in Málaga province (southern Spain) have gradually become habituated to the presence of wind turbines, and even actively avoid them, thus reducing the risk of collision. We believe, however, that their general conclusion that vultures have left the study area of impact immediately after construction of the windfarm, and have gradually recolonized the area, while avoiding collisions by passing alongside or above the wind turbines, is not supported by the results presented. Below we raise three key points explaining why the conclusions of Farfán et al. (2023) are flawed.
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