How Ecofriendly Are Wind Farms

Jodziewicz says the industry has built new solid-structure poles with fewer places for birds to perch, redesigned the tops of turbines to discourage birds from alighting, tested acoustic and other means of deterring birds and bats from flying around wind turbines, and funded studies to learn how man...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Bioscience 2008-07, Vol.58 (7), p.576-578
1. Verfasser:	Cohn, Jeffrey P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alternative energy sources Bats Birds Birds of prey Buildings and facilities Chiroptera Conservation (Concept) Energy Feature industry trends Killing migration behavior mortality News & Opinion Renewable energy Researchers Species Studies Turbines wild birds Wildlife conservation Wind farms Wind power Wind power plants Wind turbines
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Zusammenfassung:	Jodziewicz says the industry has built new solid-structure poles with fewer places for birds to perch, redesigned the tops of turbines to discourage birds from alighting, tested acoustic and other means of deterring birds and bats from flying around wind turbines, and funded studies to learn how many bats die and the causes of their death.
ISSN:	0006-3568 1525-3244
DOI:	10.1641/B580703