First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile

First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile

In Latin America there is a lack of scientific reports of bat mortality caused by wind farms operation. We report for the first time, clear evidence of bat mortalities from wind farms in Chile. We generated an ecological niche model of the affected species, Tadarida brasiliensis, to explore areas of...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: ESCOBAR,LUIS E, JUAREZ,CÉSAR, MEDINA-VOGEL,GONZALO, GONZALEZ,CARLOS M
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción 2015
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382015000100003
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:scielo:S0717-65382015000100003
record_format dspace
spelling oai:scielo:S0717-653820150001000032015-12-04First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in ChileESCOBAR,LUIS EJUAREZ,CÉSARMEDINA-VOGEL,GONZALOGONZALEZ,CARLOS M In Latin America there is a lack of scientific reports of bat mortality caused by wind farms operation. We report for the first time, clear evidence of bat mortalities from wind farms in Chile. We generated an ecological niche model of the affected species, Tadarida brasiliensis, to explore areas of potential species distribution overlapping with areas with distribution of wind farms in Chile. We found that T. brasiliensis potential distribution overlaps with the current and future distribution of wind farms in Chile. Rapid developments are currently being made within the wind energy industry in Chile. Future research should quantify the impact patterns of wind farms on wildlife, explore mitigation methods, and determine the areas with high biodiversity vulnerability in Chile.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de ConcepciónGayana (Concepción) v.79 n.1 20152015-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382015000100003en10.4067/S0717-65382015000100003
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
description In Latin America there is a lack of scientific reports of bat mortality caused by wind farms operation. We report for the first time, clear evidence of bat mortalities from wind farms in Chile. We generated an ecological niche model of the affected species, Tadarida brasiliensis, to explore areas of potential species distribution overlapping with areas with distribution of wind farms in Chile. We found that T. brasiliensis potential distribution overlaps with the current and future distribution of wind farms in Chile. Rapid developments are currently being made within the wind energy industry in Chile. Future research should quantify the impact patterns of wind farms on wildlife, explore mitigation methods, and determine the areas with high biodiversity vulnerability in Chile.
author ESCOBAR,LUIS E
JUAREZ,CÉSAR
MEDINA-VOGEL,GONZALO
GONZALEZ,CARLOS M
spellingShingle ESCOBAR,LUIS E
JUAREZ,CÉSAR
MEDINA-VOGEL,GONZALO
GONZALEZ,CARLOS M
First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile
author_facet ESCOBAR,LUIS E
JUAREZ,CÉSAR
MEDINA-VOGEL,GONZALO
GONZALEZ,CARLOS M
author_sort ESCOBAR,LUIS E
title First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile
title_short First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile
title_full First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile
title_fullStr First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile
title_full_unstemmed First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile
title_sort first report on bat mortalities on wind farms in chile
publisher Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
publishDate 2015
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382015000100003
work_keys_str_mv AT escobarluise firstreportonbatmortalitiesonwindfarmsinchile
AT juarezcesar firstreportonbatmortalitiesonwindfarmsinchile
AT medinavogelgonzalo firstreportonbatmortalitiesonwindfarmsinchile
AT gonzalezcarlosm firstreportonbatmortalitiesonwindfarmsinchile
_version_ 1718442167522820096

Ejemplares similares