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Recovery of raptors from displacement by wind farms – a response
Santos, Carlos David; Marques, Ana Teresa; May, RoelDohm et al. (2019) describe temporal trends in the displacement of resident raptors at a single wind farm. They report the recovery of overall raptor abundances 7–8 years post‐construction, although with varying displacement trends among species (or species/groups), and this finding is used to suggest that displacement of raptors caused by wind farms may be temporary. They also state that “In the absence of lon...
Match between soaring modes of black kites and fine-scale distribution on updrafts
Santos, Carlos D.; Hanssen, Frank; Muñoz, António-Román; Onrubia, A.; Wikelski, Martin; May, Roel; Silva, João P.Understanding how soaring birds use updrafts at small spatial scales is important to identify ecological constraints of movement, and may help to prevent conflicts between wind-energy development and the conservation of wildlife. We combined high-frequency GPS animal tracking and fine-spatial-scale uplift modelling to establish a link between flight behaviour of soaring birds and the distribution of updrafts. W...