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Bats and wind energy : literature synthesis, annotated bibliography and assessment methodology on population impact /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova publishers,
2015.
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| Colección: | Renewable energy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- BATS AND WIND ENERGY LITERATURE SYNTHESIS, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ON POPULATION IMPACT ; BATS AND WIND ENERGY LITERATURE SYNTHESIS, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ON POPULATION IMPACT ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 BATS AND WIND ENERGY: A LITERATURE SYNTHESIS AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY* ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; FORMAT OF REPORT ; LITERATURE REVIEW METHODS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; I. LITERATURE SYNTHESIS ; Causes of Mortality ; Fatalities and/or Activity Patterns
- Fatality Search and Estimation Techniques Migration ; Mitigation and Curtailment ; Review Papers and Syntheses ; II. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ; III. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES ; International References ; Unpublished Reports and Theses ; Wind Resources ; Chapter 2 PRELIMINARY METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL IMPACT OF U.S. WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON BIRDS AND BATS ; CONVERSION FACTORS; ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND SYMBOLS ; ABSTRACT ; 1.0. INTRODUCTION ; 1.1. STATE OF WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ; 1.2. RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON WILDLIFE
- 1.3. THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 1.3.1. Principles ; 1.3.2. Assessment Unit ; 1.3.3. Output and Potential Uses ; 1.3.4. Intended Audience ; 2.0. METHODOLOGY ; 2.1. Methodology Overview ; 2.2. SPECIES PRIORITIZATION ; 2.2.1. Implementation; 2.2.2. Current Conservation Status ; 2.2.3. Direct Risk ; 2.2.3.1. Proportion of Fatalities Due to Turbines ; 2.2.3.2. Fatality-Risk Index ; 2.2.4. Indirect-Risk Index ; 2.3. DEMOGRAPHIC MODEL ; 2.3.1. Background ; 2.3.2. Estimating Population Growth Rate ; 2.3.3. Estimating Change in Population Growth Rate
- 2.4. POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL AND RISK RATIO 2.4.1. Background ; 2.4.2. Implementation ; 3.0. Future Projections ; 4.0. OVERALL METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION ; 5.0. TEST CASE RESULTS ; 5.1. INTRODUCTION ; 5.2. DATA SOURCES ; 5.3. PRIORITIZATION RESULTS ; 5.4. DEMOGRAPHIC MODEL RESULTS ; 5.5. POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL AND RISK RATIO ; 5.6. IMPLICATIONS OF THE TEST CASE ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; GLOSSARY ; APPENDIX 1. ONGOING RESEARCH TO IMPROVE FUTURE METHODOLOGIES ; Introduction ; Flight Intensity as a Tool in Wildlife Impact Research
- Indiana Bat and Generalized Bat Population Model Investigating Wind Energy Development Effects with Breeding Bird Survey Information ; Improved Bat Fatality Data ; APPENDIX 2. ALTERNATIVE MODELING APPROACHES CONSIDERED ; Stochastic Population Model ; Complex, Highly Individualized Models ; Empirically Based Population Viability Analyses ; REFERENCES CITED ; REFERENCES CITED FOR APPENDIX 1 ; REFERENCES CITED FORPENDIX 2 ; End Notes ; INDEX