RT Journal Article
T1 Differential recovery of habitat use by birds after wind farm installation: A multi-year comparison.
A1 Farfán-Aguilar, Miguel Ángel
A1 Duarte, Jesús
A1 Real-Giménez, Raimundo
A1 Muñoz-Gallego, Antonio Román
A1 Fa, Julia E.
A1 Vargas-Yañez, Juan Mario
K1 Aves - Efectos de la modificación del hábitat
K1 Evaluación ecológica (Biología)
K1 Energía eólica- Impacto ambiental
AB Onshore wind farms remain one of the most widely used technologies for the production of renewable energy.These are known to affect birds through disturbance or collision. Most research focus on the impact of windfarms on raptors or other large bird species, especially those of conservation concern. However, limited informationexists on the effect of wind farms on small birds. Recovery of large versus small bird populations impacted bywind farms is also largely unstudied. A reason for this is the lack of long-termdatasets based on standardized, systematicassessments. We monitored birds in the vicinity of a wind farm in an upland habitat in southern Spain(Malaga province), immediately after installation and 6.5 years post-construction. During both study periods,we observed 11 raptor and 38 non-raptor species (including 30 passerines). We found differences in recoveryrates between raptors and non-raptors. Raptors showed an upturn in numbers but non-raptor abundance fellsignificantly.Greater attention should be paid to the recovery of wildlife after initial impact assessments than at present. Thisstudy confirms that regulatory authorities and developers should consider the likely impacts of wind farms onsmall bird populations. Mitigation measures focused particularly on non-raptor species should be consideredand implemented as a means to reduce these negative effects.
PB Elsevier
YR 2017
FD 2017-02-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29787
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29787
LA eng
NO Farfán, M. A., Duarte, J., Real, R., Muñoz, A. R., Fa, J. E. y Vargas, J. M. (2017). Differential recovery of habitat use by birds after wind farm installation: A multi-year comparison. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 64: 8-15. doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2017.02.001.
NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/12531
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026