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The expansion of renewable energy production, especially wind power, is one of the cornerstones of our strategy for mitigating climate change. However, there is growing concern about the impacts of this energy source on biodiversity, and a need to develop tools to adequately assess this impact and mitigate its effects. In particular, very little is...
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... For the three main groups (Pipistrellus spp., Eptesicus spp. and Nyctalus spp.), averages and standard (SD) deviations are shown, and p values refer to the post-hoc Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test (Wilcoxon, 1945 Bat fatalities occurred throughout the year, although most of the mortality was concentrated between July and October (Fig. 2a). The period of the year in which the fatalities occurred differed signicantly between the three main affected taxa (Kruskal-Wallis test chi-squared = 24.939, df = 2, p-value < 0.001; see Table 1). The genus Pipistrellus presented the longest period of mortality (268 ± 49.2 average days), recording fatalities throughout the year with a ...
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... (i.e. between June and October) with a marked peak in August. Only 57 fatalities (2%) were registered between November and February, with 90% of bats identied during this period corresponding to the Pipistrellus genus, whereas no fatalities were recorded in this winter periods for bats belonging to the genera Nyctalus and Eptesicus. (Table 1 and Fig. ...
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... included Miniopterus schreibersii, Tadarida teniotis, and those of the genus Myotis (Table 1). The mortality of Myotis spp. peaked between July and August, whereas Miniopterus schreibersii had two peaks of fatalities, the rst in late summer (AugustSeptember), and the second in November. Tadarida teniotis reached maximum fatalities in October (Fig. 2). The other taxa were recorded only occasionally and at a very low frequency (0.35% of total fatalities) (Table ...
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The expansion of renewable energy production, especially wind power, is one of the cornerstones of our strategy for mitigating climate change. However, there is growing concern about the impacts of this energy source on biodiversity. In particular, very little is known about the impact on groups of fauna such as bats, which are especially sensitive...