Collision risk of bats with small wind turbines: Worst-case scenarios near roosts, commuting and hunting structures.

Small wind turbines (SWTs) have become increasingly common within the last decade, but their impact on wildlife, especially bats, is largely unknown. We conducted an operational experiment by sequentially placing a mobile SWT with five different operational modes at six sites of high bat activity, i...

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Main Authors: Stefanie A Hartmann, Klaus Hochradel, Sören Greule, Felix Günther, Bruntje Luedtke, Horst Schauer-Weisshahn, Robert Brinkmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253782