[HTML][HTML] How far are birds, bats, and terrestrial mammals displaced from onshore wind power development?–A systematic review

A Tolvanen, H Routavaara, M Jokikokko, P Rana - Biological conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind power is a rapidly growing source of energy worldwide. It is crucial for climate change
mitigation, but it also accelerates the degradation of biodiversity through habitat loss and the …

Power lines and impacts on biodiversity: A systematic review

LD Biasotto, A Kindel - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2018 - Elsevier
The growth of energy consumption demands a large expansion of transmission line (TL)
networks worldwide. The reduction of the environmental impacts of these infrastructures will …

Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

The impact of onshore wind power projects on ecological corridors and landscape connectivity in Shanxi, China

X Guo, X Zhang, S Du, C Li, YL Siu, Y Rong… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The wind power industry has developed rapidly in China, but the effect of wind power
projects on the ecosystem is far from being clearly understood. The objective of this study is …

Fragmented landscapes and planscapes—The double pressure of increasing natural resource exploitation on Indigenous Sámi lands in northern Sweden

C Österlin, K Raitio - Resources, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human induced land-use change through natural resource extraction has significant
ecological, social and cultural effects for indigenous communities. Indigenous rights, cultural …

Out of sight of wind turbines—Reindeer response to wind farms in operation

A Skarin, P Sandström, M Alam - Ecology and Evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To meet the expanding land use required for wind energy development, a better
understanding of the effects on terrestrial animals' responses to such development is …

The plasticity of ungulate migration in a changing world

W Xu, K Barker, A Shawler, A Van Scoyoc, JA Smith… - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory ungulates are thought to be declining globally because their dependence on large
landscapes renders them highly vulnerable to environmental change. Yet recent studies …

Mule deer and energy development—Long‐term trends of habituation and abundance

H Sawyer, NM Korfanta, RM Nielson… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As the extent and intensity of energy development in North America increases, so do
disturbances to wildlife and the habitats they rely upon. Impacts to mule deer are of …

[HTML][HTML] Lowering the rate of timber harvesting to mitigate impacts of climate change on boreal caribou habitat quality in eastern Canada

MH St-Laurent, Y Boulanger, D Cyr, F Manka… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many boreal populations of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) have declined in
Canada, a trend essentially driven by the increasing footprint of anthropogenic disturbances …

[HTML][HTML] Public contestations against the disturbance, degradation, and destruction of Sámi pastoral landscapes in northern Sweden

D Harnesk, J Jakobsen - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
A new wave of encroachments is unfolding in Northern Sweden on the lands of Indigenous
Sámi reindeer pastoralists. Even if the State and corporations may accept that landscape …