PL EN


Preferencje help
Widoczny [Schowaj] Abstrakt
Liczba wyników
2012 | 14 | 2 |

Tytuł artykułu

Factors influencing bat activity and mortality at a wind farm in the Mediterranean Region

Warianty tytułu

Języki publikacji

EN

Abstrakty

EN
Our study aims to determine how different climatic variables influence bat activity and mortality at wind farms in Portugal. The study was conducted from March to October 2007 at a wind farm with 20 turbines located in Northern Portugal. Bat activity was determined by ground bounded acoustic sampling, while mortality was assessed through fatality searches around each turbine. Sampling occurred weekly and activity was measured the night before fatality search. The highest activity and mortality rates were from Nyctalus leisleri and Pipistrellus pipistrellus. The majority of activity and mortality (95% and 94% in that order) occurred from August to October and both were significantly correlated with wind speed, temperature and relative humidity; mortality also appeared to be influenced by wind direction. Our results show that it is possible to establish a relationship between ground bounded activity and mortality. Our results are relevant for the implementation of effective minimization measures and, therefore, for bat conservation in the Mediterranean region. Specifically, our results show that nearly all (94%) of bat mortality at wind farms happens from August to October, at temperatures higher than 13.O°C, and wind speeds lower than 5.0 m.s-1.

Słowa kluczowe

Wydawca

-

Rocznik

Tom

14

Numer

2

Opis fizyczny

p.439-457,ref.

Twórcy

autor
  • Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais 2, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
  • Plecotus — Estudos Ambientais Unipessoal, Lda. Rua de Ansião, n°1, 1° dto 3100-474 Pombal, Portugal
autor
  • CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas, 4485–661 Vairão, Portugal
  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, United Kingdom
autor
  • Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade, Rua de Santa Marta 55, 1169-230 Lisboa, Portugal

Bibliografia

  • 1. I. Ahlén 2003. Wind turbines and bats — a pilot study. Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala, 5 pp. Google Scholar
  • 2. E. B. Arnett , W. P. Erickson , J. Kerns , and J. Horn . 2005. Relationships between bats and wind turbines in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Bat Conservation International, Austin, Texas, 168 pp. Google Scholar
  • 3. E. B. Arnett , W. K. Brown , W. P. Erickson , J. K. Fiedler , B. L. Hamilton , T. H. Henry , A. Jain , G. D. Johnson , J. Kerns , R. R. Koford , et al. 2008. Patterns of bat fatalities at wind energy facilities in North America. Journal of Wildlife Management, 72: 61–79. Google Scholar
  • 4. E. B. Arnett , M. M. Huso , M. R. Schirmacher , and J. P. Hayes . 2011. Altering turbine speed reduces bat mortality at wind-energy facilities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9: 209–214. Google Scholar
  • 5. L. Bach , R. Brinkmann , H. Limpens , U. Rahmel , M. Reichenbach , and A. Roschen . 1999. Bewertung ind Planerische Umsetzung von Fledermausdaten im Rhamen der Windkraftplanung. Bremer Beiträge für Naturkunde und Naturschutz, 4: 162–170. Google Scholar
  • 6. E. F. Baerwald , and R. M. R. Barclay . 2009. Geographie variation in activity and fatality of migratory bats at wind energy facilities. Journal of Mammalogy, 90: 1341–1349. Google Scholar
  • 7. E. F. Baerwald , G. H. D'Amours , B. J. Klug , and R. M. R. Barclay . 2008. Barotrauma is a significant cause of bat fatalities at wind turbines. Current Biology, 18: 695–696. Google Scholar
  • 8. E. F. Baerwald , J. Edworthy , M. Holder , and R. M. R. Barclay . 2009. A large-scale mitigation experiment to reduce bat fatalities at wind energy facilities. Journal of Wildlife Management, 73: 1077–1081. Google Scholar
  • 9. K. E. Barlow , and G. Jones . 1997. Function of pipistrelle social calls: field data and a playback experiment. Animal Behaviour, 53: 991–999. Google Scholar
  • 10. O. Behr , and O. Von Helversen . 2006. Gutachten zur Beeinträchtigung im freien Luftraum jagender und ziehender Fledermäuse durch bestehende Windkraftanlagen. Wirkungskontrolle zum Windpark Roßkopf (Freiburg i. Br.) im Jahre 2005. Regiowind GmbH and Co. KG Freiburg, 32 pp. Google Scholar
  • 11. J. Bosch , J. Retana , and X. Cerda . 1997. Flowering phenology, floral traits and pollinator composition in a herbaceous Mediterranean plant community. Oecologia, 109: 583–591. Google Scholar
  • 12. M. J. Cabral , J. Almeida , P. R. Almeida , T. Dellinger , N. Ferrand De Almeida , M. E. Oliveira , J. M. Palmeirim , A. I. Queiroz , L. Rogado , and M. Santos-Reis . 2005. Livro vermelho dos vertebrados de Portugal. Instituto de Conservação da Natureza/Assírio and Alvim, Lisboa, 660 pp. Google Scholar
  • 13. C. M. C Catto , A. M. Hutson , P. A. Racey , and P. J. Stephenson . 1996. Foraging behaviour and habitat use of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) in southern England. Journal of Zoology (London), 238: 623–633. Google Scholar
  • 14. J. Collins , and G. Jones . 2009. Differences in bat activity in relation to bat detector height: implications for bat surveys at proposed windfarm sites. Acta Chiropterologica, 11: 343–350. Google Scholar
  • 15. P. M. Cryan , and A. C. Brown . 2007. Migration of bats past a remote island offers clues toward the problem of bat fatalities at wind turbines. Biological Conservation, 139: 1–11. Google Scholar
  • 16. C. Dietz, and O. Von. Helversen . 2004. Illustrated identification key to the bats of Europe — electronical publication, version 1.0. Available from www.unituebingen.de/tierphys/Kontakt/mitarbeiter_seiten/dietz.htm. Google Scholar
  • 17. C. Dietz , D. Nill , and O. Von Helversen . 2009. Bats of Europe and Northwest Africa. A and C Black Publishers, London, 400 pp. Google Scholar
  • 18. A. M. Duffy , L. F. Lumsden , C. R. Caddle , R. R. Chick , and G. R. Newell . 2000. The efficacy of anabat ultrasonic detectors and harp traps for surveying microchiropterans in south-eastern Australia. Acta Chiropterologica, 2: 127–144. Google Scholar
  • 19. T Dürr , and L. Bach . 2004. Fledermäuse als Schlagopfer von Windenergieanlagen — Stand der Erfahrungen mit Einblick in die Bundesweite Fundkartei. Bremer Beiträge für Naturkunde und Naturschutz, 7: 253–264. Google Scholar
  • 20. EUROBATS. 2011. Report of the Intersessional Working Group on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations, presented to 16th Meeting of the Advisory Committee (Tbilisi, Georgia, 4–6 April 2011). Available from www.eurobats.org/documents/pdf/AC16/Doc.AC16.8_IWG_Wind_Turbines.pdf. Google Scholar
  • 21. J. L. Erickson , and S. D. West . 2002. The influence of regional climate and nightly weather conditions on activity patterns of insectivorous bats. Acta Chiropterologica, 4: 17–24. Google Scholar
  • 22. W. Erickson , G. Johson , D. Young , D. Strickland , R. Good , M. Bourassa , K. Bay , and K. Sernka . 2002. Synthesis and comparison of baseline avian and bat use, raptor nesting and mortality information from proposed and existing wind developments. WEST, Inc., Cheyenne, 128 pp. Google Scholar
  • 23. H. Y. Fadamiro , and T. D. Wyatt . 1995. Flight initiation by Prostephanus truncatus in relation to time of day, temperature, relative humidity and starvation. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 75: 273–277 Google Scholar
  • 24. J. K. Fiedler 2004. Assessment of bat mortality and activity at Buffalo Mountain windfarm, Eastern Tennessee. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 166 pp. Google Scholar
  • 25. J. W. Horn , E. B. Arnett , and T. H. Kunz . 2008. Behavioral responses of bats to operating wind turbines. Journal of Wildlife Management, 72: 123–132. Google Scholar
  • 26. R. Hutterer , T. Ivanova , C. Meyer-Cords , and L. Rodrigues . 2005. Bat migrations in Europe: a review of banding data and literature. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, 28: 1–176. Google Scholar
  • 27. G. D. Johnson , W. P. Erickson , M. D. Strickland , M. F. Shepherd , D. A. Shepherd , and S. A. Sarappo . 2003. Mortality of bats at a large-scale wind power development at Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota. The American Midland Naturalist, 150: 332–342. Google Scholar
  • 28. G. Jones 1995. Flight performance, echolocation and foraging behaviour in noctule bats Nyctalus noctula. Journal of Zoology (London), 237: 303–312. Google Scholar
  • 29. G. Jones , R. Cooper-Bohannon , K. Barlow , and K.Parsons . 2009. Scoping and method development report: determining the potential ecological impact of wind turbines on bat populations in Britain. University of Bristol and Bat Conservation Trust, London, 150 pp. Google Scholar
  • 30. E. K. V Kalko , and H.-U. Schnitzler . 1989. The echolocation and hunting behavior of Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentoni. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 24: 225–238. Google Scholar
  • 31. T. H. Kunz , E. B. Arnett , B. M. Cooper , W. P. Erickson , R. P. Larkin , T. Mabee , M. L. Morrison , M. D. Strickland , and J. M. Szewczak . 2007a. Assessing impacts of windenergy development on nocturnally active birds and bats: a guidance document. Journal of Wildlife Management, 71: 2449–2486. Google Scholar
  • 32. T H. Kunz , E. B. Arnett , W. P. Erickson , A. R. Hoar , G. D. Johnson , R. P. Larkin , M. D. Strickland , R. W. Thresher , and M. D. Tuttle . 2007b. Ecological impacts of wind energy development on bats: questions, research needs, and hypotheses. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 5: 315–324. Google Scholar
  • 33. C. V Long , J. A. Flint , and P. A. Lepper . 2010. Wind turbines and bat mortality: doppler shift profiles and ultrasonic bat-like pulse reflection from moving turbine blades. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128: 2238–2245. Google Scholar
  • 34. J. Maroco 2007. Análise estatística com utilização do SPSS. Edições Sílabo, Lisboa, 824 pp. Google Scholar
  • 35. M. M. Meyer 2011. Method validation and analysis of bat migration in the Fehmarnbelt area between autumn 2009 and autumn 2010. Fachhochschule Osnabrück, Osnabrück, 118 pp. Google Scholar
  • 36. N. Myers , R. A. Mittermeier , C. G. Mittermeier , G. A. B. Da Fonseca , and J. Kent . 2000. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature, 403: 853–858. Google Scholar
  • 37. B. Nicholls, and P. A. Racey . 2007. Bats avoid radar installations: could electromagnetic fields deter bats from colliding with wind turbines? PLoS ONE, 2: e297. Google Scholar
  • 38. B. Nicholls, and P. A. Racey . 2009. The aversive effect of electromagnetic radiation on foraging bats: a possible means of discouraging bats from approaching wind turbines. PLoS ONE, 4: e6246. Google Scholar
  • 39. M. K. Obrist , R. Boesch , and P. F. Flückiger . 2004. Variability in echolocation call design of 26 Swiss bat species: consequences, limits and options for automated field identification with a synergetic pattern recognition approach. Mammalia, 68: 307–322. Google Scholar
  • 40. R. G. Osborn , K. F. Higgins , C. D. Dieter , and R. E. Usgaard . 1996. Bat collisions with wind turbines in Southwestern Minnesota. Bat Research News, 37: 105–108. Google Scholar
  • 41. J. M. Palmeirim 1990. Bats of Portugal: zoogeography and systematics. Museum of Natural History, Kansas University, Kansas, 82: 53 pp. Google Scholar
  • 42. G. Pe'er , D. Saltz , H.-H. Thulke , and U. Motro . 2004. Response to topography in a hilltopping butterfly and implications for modelling nonrandom dispersal. Animal Behaviour, 68: 825–839. Google Scholar
  • 43. M. J. Pereira , H. Rebelo , A. Rainho , and J. M. Palmeirim . 2002. Prey selection by Myotis myotis (Vespertilionidae) in a Mediterranean region. Acta Chiropterologica, 4: 183–193. Google Scholar
  • 44. M. H. Pestana , and J. N. Gageiro . 2008. Análise de dados para ciências sociais — a complementaridade do SPSS. Edições Sílabo, Lisboa, 694 pp. Google Scholar
  • 45. U. Rahmel , L. Bach , R. Brinkmann , C. Dense , H. Limpens , G. Mäscher , M. Reichenbach , and A. Roschen . 1999. Windkraftplanung und Fledermausdaten. Konfliktfelder und Hinweise zur Erfassungsmethodik. Bremer Beiträge für Naturkunde und Naturschutz, 4: 155–161. Google Scholar
  • 46. A. Rainho 2007. Summer foraging habitats of bats in a Mediterranean region of the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Chiropterologica, 9: 171–181. Google Scholar
  • 47. D. W. Roberts 1986. Ordination on the basis of fuzzy set theory. Vegetatio, 66: 123–131. Google Scholar
  • 48. L. Rodrigues 2008. Population ecology of two species of cave-dwelling bats (Miniopterus schreibersii and Myotis myotis). Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, 102 pp. Google Scholar
  • 49. L. Rodrigues , and J. M. Palmeirim . 2008. Migratory behaviour of the Schreiber's bat: when, where and why do cave bats migrate in a Mediterranean region? Journal of Zoology (London), 274: 116–125. Google Scholar
  • 50. L. Rodrigues , L. Bach , M.-J. Dubourg-Savage , J. Goodwin , and C. Harbusch . 2008. Guidelines for consideration of bats in wind farm projects. EUROBATS, Bonn, 51 pp. Google Scholar
  • 51. D. Russo , and G. Jones . 1999. The social calls of Kuhl's pipistrelles Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1819): structure and variation (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology (London), 249:476–481. Google Scholar
  • 52. D. Russo , and G. Jones . 2002. Identification of twenty-two bat species (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Italy by analysis of time-expanded recordings of echolocation calls. Journal of Zoology (London), 258: 91–103. Google Scholar
  • 53. D. Russo , and G. Jones . 2003. Use of foraging habitats by bats in a Mediterranean area determined by acoustic surveys: conservation implications. Ecography, 26: 197–209. Google Scholar
  • 54. J. Rydell , L. Bach , M.-J. Dubourg-Savage , M. Green , L. Rodrigues , and A. Hedenström . 2010a. Bat mortality at wind turbines in northwestern Europe. Acta Chiropterologica, 12: 261–274. Google Scholar
  • 55. J. Rydell , L. Bach , M.-J. Dubourg-Savage , M. Green , L. Rodrigues , and A. Hedenström . 2010b. Mortality of bats at wind turbines links to nocturnal insect migration. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 56: 823–827. Google Scholar
  • 56. H.-U. Schnitzler, E. Kalko, L. Miller, and A. Surlykke 1987. The echolocation and hunting behavior of the bat, Pipistrellus kuhli. Journal of Comparative Physiology, 161A: 267–274. Google Scholar
  • 57. O. Shields 1967. Hilltopping: an ecological study of summit congregation behavior of butterflies on a southern California hill. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 6: 69–178. Google Scholar
  • 58. B. M. Siemers , and H.-U. Schnitzler . 2000. Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri Kuhl, 1818) hawks for prey close to vegetation using echolocation signals of very broad bandwidth. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47: 400–412. Google Scholar
  • 59. M. R. Speight , M. D. Hunter , and A. D. Watt . 2008. Ecology of insects: concepts and applications, 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, UK, 628 pp. Google Scholar
  • 60. J. M. Szewczak , and E. B. Arnett . 2007. Field test results of potential acoustic deterrent to reduce bat mortality from wind turbines. Bat Conservation International, Austin, Texas, 14 pp. Google Scholar
  • 61. K. Urs , and T. Hopkins . 1973. Effect of moisture on growth rate and development of two strains of Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 8: 291–297. Google Scholar
  • 62. N. Vaughan , G. Jones , and S. Harris . 1997. Habitat use by bats (Chiroptera) assessed by means of a broad-band acoustic method. Journal of Applied Ecology, 34: 716–730. Google Scholar
  • 63. D. A. Waters , and G. Jones . 1995. Echolocation call structure and intensity in five species of insectivorous bats. Journal of Experimental Biology, 198: 475–189. Google Scholar
  • 64. D. A. Waters , G. Jones , and M. Furlong . 1999. Foraging ecology of Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri) at two sites in southern Britain. Journal of Zoology (London), 249: 173–180. Google Scholar
  • 65. D. A. Waters , J. Rydell , and G. Jones . 1995. Echolocation call design and limits on prey size: a case study using the aerial-hawking bat Nyctalus leisleri. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 37: 321–328. Google Scholar
  • 66. L. P. Wickramasinghe , S. Harris , G. Jones , and N. Vaughan . 2003. Bat activity and species richness on organic and conventional farms: impact of agricultural intensification. Journal of Applied Ecology, 40: 984–993. Google Scholar
  • 67. J. L. Yela , and C. M. Herrera . 1993. Seasonality and life cycles of woody plant-feeding noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Mediterranean habitats. Ecological Entomology, 18: 259–269. Google Scholar
  • 68. K. Zbinden , and P. E. Zingg . 1986. Search and hunting signals of echolocating European free-tailed bats, Tadarida teniotis, in southern Switzerland. Mammalia, 50: 9–26. Google Scholar

Uwagi

rekord w opracowaniu

Typ dokumentu

Bibliografia

Identyfikatory

Identyfikator YADDA

bwmeta1.element.agro-1e827be0-d998-4b3b-912b-01242e9c8e04
JavaScript jest wyłączony w Twojej przeglądarce internetowej. Włącz go, a następnie odśwież stronę, aby móc w pełni z niej korzystać.