Bird communities and wind farms: a phylogenetic and morphological approach

Herrera‐Alsina, Leonel; Villegas-Patraca, Rafael; Eguiarte, Luis E.; Arita, Héctor T.

doi:10.1007/s10531-013-0557-6

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“…Wind turbine mitigation efforts in the Tehuantepec Isthmus have previously targeted Swainson's hawks Buteo swainsoni (Kochert et al 2011) and Franklin's gulls Larus pipixcan (Villegas-Patraca and Herrera-Alsina 2015); however, the migratory waterbirds in our study differ from these target species in their migration patterns, flight behavior, and residence times. Moreover, risk factors of wind turbines are highly variable among avian taxa and depend on flight behavior, body size, and wing loading (Herrera-Alsina et al 2013). In order to accurately evaluate collision risk for the species included in this study, further information is needed on micro-scale flight altitude and behavior throughout the residence period.…”

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A bridge between oceans: overland migration of marine birds in a wind energy corridor

Lamb

Newstead

Koczur

et al. 2018

Journal of Avian Biology

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Located at the shortest overland route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, Mexico's Tehuantepec Isthmus is a globally important migratory corridor for many terrestrial bird species. The Pacific coast of the Isthmus also contains a significant wetland complex that supports large multi-species aggregations of nonbreeding waterbirds during the boreal winter. In recent years, extensive wind energy development has occurred in the plains bordering these wetlands, directly along the migratory flyway. Using recent studies of movement patterns of three marineassociated bird species -reddish egrets Egretta rufescens, brown pelicans Pelecanus occidentalis, and red knots Calidris canutus -from the northern Gulf of Mexico, we assess the use of the isthmus as a migratory corridor. Our data provide evidence that marine birds from the Gulf region regularly overwinter along the Pacific coast of Mexico and use the isthmus as a migratory corridor, creating the potential for interaction with terrestrial wind farms during non-breeding. This study is the first to describe migration by marine-associated bird species between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific coast. These data contribute new information toward ongoing efforts to understand the complex migration patterns of mobile marine species, with the goal of informing integrated conservation efforts for species whose year-round habitat needs cross ecoregional and geopolitical boundaries.

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A bridge between oceans: overland migration of marine birds in a wind energy corridor

Lamb

Newstead

Koczur

et al. 2018

Journal of Avian Biology

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“…The decrease in phylogenetic clustering with increasing forest loss (i.e. NRI and NTI of forest birds) also suggests that extirpated species in more deforested landscapes are representative of different clades (Herrera‐Alsina, Villegas‐Patraca, Eguiarte, & Arita, ).…”

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“…First, the observed decrease in clustering in the phylogenetic structure of forest birds suggests that conservation efforts should not be focused on particular taxonomic groups. Instead, such strategy should aim at reducing the extinction risk for a phylogenetically diverse set of species (such as those from Thamnophilidae, Drendrocolaptidae and Tyrannidae families), and at understanding how specific morphological traits determine the extinction probability of forest species in human‐modified landscapes (Herrera‐Alsina et al., ). In fact, such conservation actions are particularly urgent for low‐income rural populations which frequently and continuously remove small portions of forest products (e.g.…”

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Compensatory dynamics maintain bird phylogenetic diversity in fragmented tropical landscapes

Morante‐Filho

Arroyo‐Rodríguez

Andrade

et al. 2017

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Abstract1. Tropical forest loss can drive the extinction of forest-dependent species. Yet, nonforest species can proliferate in deforested landscapes, thus enabling communitylevel attributes (e.g. total abundance and richness) to be maintained in the remaining forest patches. Such compensatory dynamics have been, however, poorly investigated regarding the phylogenetic dimension of species diversity. Here, we assessed whether compensatory dynamics can stabilize the phylogenetic richness, divergence and structure of bird communities in response to forest loss in two regions in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, each under with different levels of land use intensification.2. We surveyed birds in 40 forest sites, and assessed the response of five phylogenetic metrics to forest cover measured in local (600-m radius) landscapes. We separately assessed the entire community, forest-dependent and non-forest-dependent species and used information-theoretic criteria to assess the effect of forest cover on each response variable. In particular, we evaluated the plausibility of four models: a null model (no effect of forest cover), a linear model, a power law model (nonlinear effect) and an analysis of covariance model (to assess whether the effect of forest cover differed between regions).3. Forest cover varied from 7% to 98%, and was positively related to the phylogenetic richness of forest-dependent species, but negatively related to the phylogenetic richness and divergence of non-forest birds, particularly in the more disturbed region. As consequence, the phylogenetic richness and divergence of the entire community were weakly related to forest cover.4. Forest birds were less phylogenetically clustered in sites surrounded by lower forest cover, but the phylogenetic structure of non-forest birds was independent of forest cover. Synthesis and applications.The phylogenetic impoverishment of forest-dependent birds is offset by the phylogenetic enrichment and divergence of non-forestdependent birds in severely tropical deforested landscapes. These compensatory dynamics suggest that both bird groups are important for safeguarding bird evolutionary diversity in human-modified landscapes. Although deforested landscapes are reservoirs of bird phylogenetic diversity, suggesting that ecosystem functioning may be maintained in these sites, preventing further deforestation is urgently needed to preserve forest birds and their key ecological roles in the ecosystem. | 257Journal of Applied Ecology MORANTE-FILHO ET AL. Although the changes in bird phylogenetic diversity in humanmodified tropical landscapes are poorly understood, there is evidence that wildlife-friendly farms (i.e. those that involve integrating biodiversity conservation and food production in the same land, Melo et al., 2013) show lower bird phylogenetic diversity than old-growth forests, and that forest patch isolation leads to the loss of more evolutionarily distinct bird species (Edwards et al., 2015). Bird phylogenetic diversity is, however, higher in diversified agricu...

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“…Birds' sensory capabilities, as well as behavior, may play a significant role in their response to a wind farm or turbine (e.g., Marques et al 2014;May et al 2015). Moreover, the morphology of birds appears to be a determinant parameter for collision risk (e.g., Bevanger 1994;Janss 2000;Herrera-Alsina et al 2013). Rayner (1988) grouped flying birds according to their size, aspect ratio and wing loading and described how these relate to different flight behaviors.…”

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Impacts of onshore wind energy production on birds and bats: recommendations for future life cycle impact assessment developments

Laranjeiro

May

Verones

2018

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose: Models for quantifying impacts on biodiversity from renewable energy technologies are missing within life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). We aim to provide an overview of the effects of wind energy on birds and bats, with a focus on quantitative methods. Furthermore, we will investigate and provide the necessary background for how these can in future be integrated into new developments of LCIA models. Methods: We reviewed available literature summarizing the effects of wind energy developments on birds and bats. We provide an overview over available quantitative assessment methods that have been employed outside of the LCIA framework to model the different impacts of wind energy developments on wildlife. Combining the acquired knowledge on impact pathways and associated quantitative methods, we propose possibilities for future approaches for a wind energy impact assessment methodology for LCIA. Results and discussion: Wind energy production has impacts on terrestrial biodiversity through three main pathways: collision, disturbance, and habitat alterations. Birds and bats are throughout the literature considered the most affected taxonomic groups, with different responses to the before-mentioned impact pathways. Outside of the LCIA framework, current quantitative impact assessment prediction models include collision risk models, species distribution models, individual-based models and population modelling approaches. Developed indices allow scaling of species-specific vulnerability to mortality, disturbance and/or habitat alterations. Conclusion: Although insight into the causes behind collision risk, disturbance and habitat alterations on bats and birds is still limited, the current knowledge base enables the development of a robust assessment tool. Modelling the impacts of habitat alterations, disturbance and collisions within an LCIA framework is most appropriate using species distribution models as those enable the estimation of species' occurrences across a region. Although local scale developments may be more readily feasible, further up-scaling to global coverage is recommended to allow comparison across regions and technologies, and to assess cumulative impacts.

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Bird communities and wind farms: a phylogenetic and morphological approach

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

A bridge between oceans: overland migration of marine birds in a wind energy corridor

A bridge between oceans: overland migration of marine birds in a wind energy corridor

Compensatory dynamics maintain bird phylogenetic diversity in fragmented tropical landscapes

Impacts of onshore wind energy production on birds and bats: recommendations for future life cycle impact assessment developments

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