Wind and Wildlife Proceedings from the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts, October 2012, Melbourne, Australia

This book gathers papers presented and discussions held at the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts in Melbourne, Australia on 9th October 2012. The purpose of the conference was to bring together researchers, industry, consultants, regulators and Non-Government Organizations to share the...

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Other Authors: Hull, Cindy (Editor), Bennett, Emma (Editor), Stark, Elizabeth (Editor), Smales, Ian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Session 1: Investigations and assessments of new wind farms
  • Predicting the weather-dependent collision risk for birds at wind farms
  • Fauna collisions with wind turbines: effects and impacts, individuals and populations. What are we trying to assess?
  • Wind farms and biodiversity: improving environmental risk assessments
  • The use of aerial surveys for the detection of the brolga Grus rubicunda through south-west Victoria: key considerations for the wind industry
  • Planning for net biodiversity gains: a case study of Hauāuru mā raki wind farm, New Zealand
  • Session 2: Monitoring, mitigation and offsets
  • Results and analysis of eagle studies from the Bluff Point and Studland Bay Wind Farms 2002 – 2012
  • Observations from the use of dogs to undertake carcass searches at wind facilities in Australia
  • Key learnings from ten years of monitoring and management interventions at the Bluff Point and Studland Bay Wind Farms: results of a review
  • Summary of panel session