A framework for improving treatment of uncertainty in offshore wind assessments for protected marine birds

KR Searle, SH O'Brien, EL Jones… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Governments worldwide are setting ambitious targets for offshore renewable energy
development (ORD). However, deployment is constrained by a lack of understanding of the …

Assessing the importance of individual‐and colony‐level variation when using seabird foraging ranges as impact assessment and conservation tools

IR Cleasby, E Owen, A Butler, J Baer, J Blackburn… - Ibis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge of seabird distributions plays a key role in seabird conservation and sustainable
marine management, underpinning efforts to designate protected areas or assess the impact …

Behavioural responses of Sandwich terns following the construction of offshore wind farms

CB Thaxter, RMW Green, MP Collier, RC Taylor… - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Offshore wind farms (OWFs) are a key part of efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate
change. However, they have the potential to negatively impact seabird species through …

Potential climate-driven changes to seabird demography: implications for assessments of marine renewable energy development

KR Searle, A Butler, JJ Waggitt, PGH Evans… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
Europe has set ambitious green energy targets, to which offshore renewable developments
(ORDs) will make a significant contribution. Governments are legally required to deliver …

Urban and coastal breeding lesser black‐backed gulls (Larus fuscus) segregate by foraging habitat

LP Langley, S Bearhop, NHK Burton, AN Banks… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite urbanization's general erosion of biodiversity, towns and cities provide novel
opportunities for some species. During the 20th century, gulls (Laridae) colonized urban …

A modeling approach to forecast local demographic trends in metapopulations

T Chambert, C Barbraud, E Cam, A Chabrolle… - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting animal population trajectories into the future has become a central exercise in
both applied and fundamental ecology. Because demographic models classically assume …

Seabird abundances projected to decline in response to climate change in Britain and Ireland

JG Davies, EM Humphreys, T Evans… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
Estimating species' vulnerability to climate change is a key challenge in conservation. Many
seabird species are particularly sensitive to the negative effects of warming and are thus …

Proof of concept evidence that stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur may identify individual kittiwakes breeding in different colonies

RW Furness, EN Furness - Rapid Communications in Mass …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Carbon, nitrogen and sulphur stable isotopes in feathers grown by seabirds while
breeding reflect the local isoscape and diet in the vicinity of the colony, so may make it …

[PDF][PDF] Bird fluxes, flight-and avoidance behaviour of birds in offshore wind farm Luchterduinen

JJ Leemans, RSA van Bemmelen… - Bureau Waardenburg …, 2022 - noordzeeloket.nl
The Dutch governmental Wozep (Offshore Wind Ecological Programme) avian research in
and around offshore windfarm Luchterduinen (LUD) concentrated on gaining insight in …

[PDF][PDF] Ecologisch achtergronddocument windenergiegebied IJmuiden Ver

RE van der Vliet, EGR Bakker, A Potiek… - Kavel I en kavel II …, 2023 - commissiemer.nl
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