Migratory Strategy Is a Key Factor Driving Interactions at Wind Energy Facilities in At-Risk North American Bats #CAN #USA

ABSTRACT: Animal migration remains poorly understood for many organisms, impeding understanding of movement dynamics and limiting conservation actions. We develop a framework that scales from movements of individuals to the dynamics of continental migration using data synthesis of endogenous markers, which we apply to three North American bat species with unexplained high rates of fatalities at wind energy facilities. The two species experiencing the highest fatality rates exhibit a “pell-mell” migration strategy in which individuals move from summer habitats in . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/migratory-strategy-is-a-key-factor-driving-interactions-at-wind-energy-facilities-in-at-risk-north-american-bats/