TY - JOUR TI - Post construction monitoring of wind farms: First records of direct impact on bats in Italy AU - Ferri, V AU - Locasciulli, O AU - Soccini, C AU - Forlizzi, E T2 - Hystrix the Italian Journal of mammalogy AB - Long-term post-construction monitoring of the impact of wind farms on fauna started in 2008 in Abruzzo (central Italy). This study provides the first evidence of bat fatalities at wind turbines in Italy. Six carcasses of Hypsugo savii and one carcass of Pipistrellus pipistrellus were recorded in 2009 during 36 field sessions, involving 4 researchers at two wind farms, for a total of 46 (21 and 25) wind turbines. DA - 2011/01// PY - 2011 VL - 22 IS - 1 SP - 199 EP - 203 UR - http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Post-construction-monitoring-of-wind-farms-first-records-of-direct-impact-on-bats,77310,0,2.html DO - 10.4404/Hystrix-22.1-4525 LA - English KW - Wind Energy KW - Land-Based Wind KW - Collision KW - Bats ER -