[Abstract] The increasing use of onshore wind energy is leading to an increased deployment of wind turbines in structurally rich habitats such as forests. Forest-affiliated bats, in turn, are at risk of colliding with the rotor blades. Due to the legal protection of bats in Europe, it is imperative to restrict the operation of wind turbines to periods of low bat activity to avoid collisions. However, bats have also been observed to avoid wind turbines over several hundred meters distance, . . .
https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/forest-bat-activity-declines-with-increasing-wind-speed-in-proximity-of-operating-wind-turbines/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
