WILDLIFE MORTALITY IN WIND TURBINE TRANSFORMER BASINS

IF 0.2 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Southwestern Naturalist Pub Date : 2021-05-10 DOI:10.1894/0038-4909-65.1.45

S. M. Meyer, Raymond S. Matlack, J. Ray

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Abstract

Abstract Steep-walled catchments are a source of wildlife mortality. Incidental to searching for carcasses under five wind turbines in the panhandle of Texas, we discovered vertebrate carcasses on a frequent basis in concrete oil-catchment basins associated with each turbine's transformer. During 2015 and 2016, we found remains of 62 vertebrates trapped in these basins. We recommend new designs that prevent entrapment and addition of escape ramps to existing basins to reduce the frequency of trapped animals. Mitigation of mortality of the level that we observed could significantly reduce this unnecessary impact on wildlife from what is a far-reaching and growing industry.

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风力涡轮机变压器流域的野生动物死亡率

摘要陡峭的集水区是野生动物死亡的根源。在得克萨斯州狭长地带的五台风力涡轮机下搜寻尸体时，我们经常在与每台涡轮机变压器相关的混凝土集油池中发现脊椎动物尸体。在2015年和2016年期间，我们在这些盆地中发现了62具脊椎动物的遗骸。我们建议采用新的设计，防止诱捕，并在现有水池中增加逃生坡道，以减少诱捕动物的频率。将死亡率降低到我们观察到的水平，可以显著减少这一影响深远且不断增长的行业对野生动物的不必要影响。

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Southwestern Naturalist 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

0.50

自引率

50.00%

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审稿时长

18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Southwestern Naturalist (a publication of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists since 1953) is an international journal (published quarterly) that reports original and significant research in any field of natural history. This journal promotes the study of plants and animals (living and fossil) in the multinational region that includes the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Appropriate submission of manuscripts may come from studies conducted in the countries of focus or in regions outside this area that report significant findings relating to biota occurring in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Publication is in English, and manuscripts may be feature articles or notes. Feature articles communicate results of completed scientific investigations, while notes are reserved for short communications (e.g., behavioral observations, range extensions, and other important findings that do not in themselves constitute a comprehensive study). All manuscripts (feature articles and notes) require an abstract in both English and Spanish.