Effects of wind farms on the nest distribution of magpie (Pica pica) in agroforestry systems of Chongming Island, China

Song, Ning‐Ning; Xu, Huan; Zhao, Shanshan; Liu, Ningning; Zhong, Shurong; Li, Ben

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01536

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“…Moreover, studies of migratory species indicate that fatalities are higher for resident birds than migratory ones since precautions have been taken to avoid establishing wind farms directly on migration routes [88,89]. While mortality has been studied extensively, only recently have there been attempts to study displacement in different locations worldwide [94][95][96]. It is interesting to note that the findings are sometimes contradictory; a recent review [97] reported that approximately half of the studies did not find any displacement, 40.6% of the studies found displacement effects, and a small proportion (7.7%) detected an increased abundance of birds around the wind farms!…”

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A Computational Methodology for Assessing Wind Potential

Christakis,

Evangelou,

Drikakis

et al. 2024

Energies

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This paper introduces an innovative and eco-friendly computational methodology to assess the wind potential of a location with the aid of high-resolution simulations with a mesoscale numerical weather prediction model (WRF), coupled with the statistical “10% sampling condition”. The proposed methodology is tested for a location with complex terrain on the Greek island of Crete, where moderate to strong winds prevail for most of the year. The results are promising, indicating that this method has great potential for studying and assessing areas of interest. Adverse effects and challenges associated with wind energy production may be mitigated with methods such as the proposed one. Mitigating such effects should constitute the main focus and priority in research concerning wind energy production.

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Section: Future Research Directionsmentioning

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A Computational Methodology for Assessing Wind Potential

Christakis,

Evangelou,

Drikakis

et al. 2024

Energies

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Adverse environmental impacts of wind farm installations and alternative research pathways to their mitigation

Chowdhury

Shakib

et al. 2022

Cleaner Engineering and Technology

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Prioritizing landscapes for mitigating the impacts of onshore wind farms on multidimensional waterbird diversity in the Yellow Sea

Zhao,

Xu,

Wang

et al. 2024

Current Zoology

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Ongoing wind energy developments play a key role in mitigating the global effects of climate change and the energy crisis; however, they have complex ecological consequences for many flying animals. The Yellow Sea coast is considered as an ecological bottleneck for migratory waterbirds along the East Asian–Australasian flyway (EAAF), and is also an important wind farm base in China. However, the effects of large-scale onshore wind farms along the EAAF on multidimensional waterbird diversity, and how to mitigate these effects, remain unclear. Here we examined how wind farms and their surrounding landscapes affected multidimensional waterbird diversity along the Yellow Sea coast. Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of the waterbird assemblages, and mean pairwise distances and nearest taxon distances with null models were quantified in relation to four different wind turbine densities. We also measured six landscape variables. Multi-dimensional waterbird diversity (taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity) significantly decreased with increasing wind turbine density. Functional and phylogenetic structures tended to be clustered in waterbird communities, and environmental filtering drove waterbird community assemblages. Furthermore, waterbird diversity was regulated by a combination of wind turbine density and landscape variables, with edge density of aquaculture ponds, in addition to wind turbine density, having the greatest independent contribution to waterbird diversity. These results suggest that attempts to mitigate the impact of wind farms on waterbird diversity could involve the landscape transformation of wind farm regions, e.g., by including high-edge-density aquaculture ponds (i.e. industrial ponds) around wind farms, instead of traditional low-edge-density aquaculture ponds.

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Effects of wind farms on the nest distribution of magpie (Pica pica) in agroforestry systems of Chongming Island, China

Cited by 4 publications

References 45 publications

A Computational Methodology for Assessing Wind Potential

A Computational Methodology for Assessing Wind Potential

Adverse environmental impacts of wind farm installations and alternative research pathways to their mitigation

Prioritizing landscapes for mitigating the impacts of onshore wind farms on multidimensional waterbird diversity in the Yellow Sea

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