First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile

Escobar, Luis E.; Juarez, César; Medina-Vogel, Gonzalo; González, Carlos

doi:10.4067/s0717-65382015000100003

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“…Owing to the versatility of NicheA, the software has already been employed in a diversity of studies using virtual and real species, in fields ranging from epidemiology to evolutionary biology. To date, NicheA has been used to facilitate the study of hantavirus ecology in Brazil (de Oliveira et al 2013), the potential for the spread of whitenose syndrome in bats (Escobar et al 2014), species limits in opossums (Tocchio et al 2014), spatial and environmental distribution of bats (Escobar et al 2015a), niche divergence in Asian gazelles (Hu et al 2015), sympatric speciation in butterflies (Rosser et al 2015), effects of niche breath on species survival (Saupe et al 2015), anticipating the global spread of Vibrio cholerae in marine ecosystems (Escobar et al 2015b), and evaluating performance of ecological niche model algorithms under diverse niche scenarios (Qiao et al 2015).…”

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NicheA: creating virtual species and ecological niches in multivariate environmental scenarios

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Robust methods by which to generate virtual species are needed urgently in the emerging field of distributional ecology to evaluate performance of techniques for modeling ecological niches and species distributions and to generate new questions in biogeography. Virtual species provide the opportunity to test hypotheses and methods based on known and unbiased distributions. We present Niche Analyst (NicheA), a toolkit developed to generate virtual species following the Hutchinsonian approach of an n‐multidimensional space occupied by the species. Ecological niche models are generated, analyzed, and visualized in an environmental space, and then projected to the geographic space in the form of continuous or binary species distribution models. NicheA is implemented in a stable and user‐friendly Java platform. The software, online manual, and user support are freely available at < http://nichea.sourceforge.net >.

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NicheA: creating virtual species and ecological niches in multivariate environmental scenarios

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“…It is during this phasewhen the facilities start operatingthat wind turbines can cause bat fatalities either by collision or barotrauma, which can potentially result in cumulative impacts on resident and migratory bat populations (Table 4, column 4). Thus, the main objective during this phase is a diagnosis of bat fatalities caused by wind turbines, which must necessarily include the evaluation of i) species suffering fatalities, ii) estimated number of fatalities, and iii) seasonal and spatial distribution patterns of fatalities along the area of influence of the wind farm (Table 4, (2), (15), 17, (29), 41, (42), 43, (44), 45Bat 15, 46, (47), 48, (49), 50, (51), 52Bat fatality causes are poorly known…”

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Guidelines for Consideration of Bats in Environmental Impact Assessment of Wind Farms in Brazil: A Collaborative Governance Experience From Rio Grande Do Sul State

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In recent years Brazil has become the third largest market for new investments in wind power in the world. Though a change in the national policy towards more sustainable energy sources is desirable, wind energy is not free from negative impacts. According to studies done in the temperate region, bats are negatively affected by wind farms, due to fatalities resulting from direct collision with the turbines or from barotrauma. If in many countries national and international laws follow guidelines for consideration of potential impacts of wind farms on bats, and even consider potential minimization and mitigation schemes, the Brazilian current normative for wind farm licencing presents vague approaches on this matter. With a few exceptions, states are the main responsible for the licencing processes. In this context, a joint initiative in Rio Grande do Sul, the state with the third highest wind power generation in Brazil, put together the Secretary of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development of Rio Grande do Sul, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Brazilian Society for the Study of Bats to set reference terms for consideration of bats in impact assessments of wind farms in the state. Consensus was built from a collaborative process resulting from a two-day workshop involving technicians and academics with expertise in bat biology, conservation and management. Guidelines were divided into pre-installation, construction, and operation phases, considering the decisions to make, potential impacts and relevant questions to answer, methodological and technical recommendations or constraints, and current gaps in knowledge. Here we describe this collaborative experience hoping it can be replicable in other Brazilian states and used by other potentially impacting sectors. With few adaptations and considering specificities in the regional bat fauna and environmental conditions, the proposed reference terms can be used elsewhere in Brazil.

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“…Es importante analizar los efectos adversos de las plantas eólicas en la demografía de los murciélagos, y con ello generar mecanismos para minimizarlos (e.g. Escobar et al 2015). Motivo más que sufi ciente para ingresar a estos mamíferos en los estudios de impacto ambiental de las instalaciones de esta naturaleza, considerando el enorme crecimiento de los parques eólicos y futuros proyectos para su proliferación en el centro-sur de Chile (MINENERGIA 2012).…”

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Los quirópteros de Chile: avances en el conocimiento, aportes para la conservación y proyecciones futuras

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Rodríguez‐Serrano

2015

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Los murciélagos representan el segundo orden de mamíferos más diverso. Sudamérica es rica en quirópteros. Sin embargo, Chile tiene una baja diversidad específi ca (12 especies) y ausencia de endemismos. Las publicaciones científi cas que han abordado aspectos de la diversidad y taxonomía de estos mamíferos también son escasas. Esta revisión evaluó el estado actual del conocimiento de los quirópteros en Chile y sus principales resultados. Se distinguió de forma crítica los campos de investigación más y menos fortalecidos. Además se propone una explicación para la baja diversidad. Finalmente se confeccionó un mapa de distribución geográfi ca de las especies, relacionado con los biomas de Chile. Como resultado se recopilaron un total de 27 referencias en las últimas 2 décadas. El mayor número de publicaciones se alcanzó en la Infectologia y la Ecofi siología. El mapa de biomas mostró que la mayor diversidad se concentra en el Desierto de Atacama y presenta un patrón latitudinal decreciente. La taxonomía de los murciélagos chilenos ha variado fuertemente en el tiempo, aunque con periodos de estasis. Las principales limitantes a la diversidad de murciélagos en Chile poseen tanto un componente biogeográfi co como un componente fi siológico de las mismas especies. Se necesita fortalecer los estudios macro y microevolutivos, de conservación y de bioacústica, para esclarecer importantes aspectos de la biología y diversidad de los murciélagos chilenos. PALABRAS CLAVES:Biomas, Chile, Conservación, Murciélagos, Patrones de Distribución. ABSTRACTBats are the second most diverse order of mammals. South America is rich in bats, however Chile has low species diversity (12 especies) and absence of endemism. Scientifi c publications that have addressed the biological diversity and taxonomy of these Chilean mammals are also scarce. This review assessed the state of knowledge of bats in Chile and its main results. We critically characterize those knowledge areas more developed and those that require further work. Additionally, we propose an explanation regarding this low diversity. Finally, we make a map that organizes bat diversity according to natural biomes of Chile. As results, we fi nd 27 publications in the last two decades. These works are mainly focused on Infectology and Ecophysiology. The Chilean biome concentrating the highest bat diversity is the Atacama Desert, and the diversity is decreasing latitudinally. In spite of long periods of stasis, the taxonomy of Chilean bats abruptly changed in the last century. We propose a biogeographical and ecophysiological interaction for the observed patter of diversity. Finally, we stressed the importance of further micro and macroevolutionary research, as well as conservation and bioacustic studies, for better understanding of important issues still unsolved.

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First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile

Cited by 10 publications

References 21 publications

NicheA: creating virtual species and ecological niches in multivariate environmental scenarios

NicheA: creating virtual species and ecological niches in multivariate environmental scenarios

Guidelines for Consideration of Bats in Environmental Impact Assessment of Wind Farms in Brazil: A Collaborative Governance Experience From Rio Grande Do Sul State

Los quirópteros de Chile: avances en el conocimiento, aportes para la conservación y proyecciones futuras

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