Birds and wind farms
Subtitle: risk assessment and mitigation
By: Manuela de Lucas, Guyonne F.E. Janss and Miguel Ferrer (Editors)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9788487610189
Subjects: Wind turbines; Environmental aspects; Birds; Conservation; Research; Mortality; Wind power; Vogels; Windmolens; Vogelbescherming
Notes: "Sponsored by ECOTÈCNIA, Fundación MIGRES."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: From Don Quixote windmills to wind farms: a snake biting its tail. -- Vincenzo Penteriani -- Chapter 1; title: The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area's effects on birds: a case history -- Carl G. Thelander; K. Shawn Smallwood -- Chapter 2; title: Responses of birds to the wind farm at Blyth Harbour, Northumberland, UK -- E.S. Lawrence; S. Painter; B. Little -- Chapter 3; title: Trapped within the corridor of the Southern North Sea: The potential impact of offshore wind farms on seabirds -- Eric W.M. Stienen; Van Waeyenberge; Eckhart Kuijken -- Chapter 4; title: Wind turbine collision research in the United States -- Dave Sterner; Sue Orloff; Linda Spiegel -- Chapter 5; title: A sampling framework for conducting studies of the influence of wind energy developments on birds and other animals -- Michael L. Morrison; Karin C. Sinclair; Carl G. Thelander -- Chapter 6; title: Selecting study designs to evaluate the effect of windpower on birds -- Dale Stricklan; Wallace Erickson; David Young; Greg Johnson -- Chapter 7; title: Predicting the effects of wind farms on birds in the UK: The development of an objective assessment method -- Steve M Percival -- Chapter 8; title: Effects of wind turbines on birds and bats in Southwestern Minnesota, U.S.A. -- Kenneth F. Higgins; Robert G. Osborn; David E. Naugle -- Chapter 9; title: Avian mortality in wind power plants of Navarra (Northern Spain) -- Jesus M Lekuona; Carmen Ursua -- Chapter 10; title: Wind farms in the Orkney Islands, Scotland: Environmental impact, past, present and future -- E.R. Meek -- Chapter 11; title: Collision risks for diving ducks at semi-offshore wind farms in freshwater lakes: A case study -- Sjoerd Dirksen; Arie L. Spaans; Jan van Der Winden -- Chapter 12; title: Wind farm effects on birds in the Strait of Gibraltar -- Manuela de Lucas; Guyonne Janss; Miguel Ferrer -- Chapter 13; title: Spatiotemporal patterns of bird mortality at two wind farms of Southern Spain -- Luis Barrios; Alejandro Rodriguez -- Chapter 14; title: Use of data to develop mitigation measures for wind power development impacts to birds -- Gregory D. Johnson; M. Dale Strickland; Wallace P. Erickson; David P. Young Jr. -- Chapter 15; title: Developing field and analytical methods to assess avian collision risk at wind farms-- W. Band; M. Madders; D.P. Whitfield