TY - JOUR
TI - Impact of Wind Power Plants on Black Grouse, Lyrurus tetrix in Alpine Regions
AU - Zeiler, H
AU - Grunschachner-Berger, V
T2 - Folia Zoologica
AB - In Styria (Austria) the highest located windpark within Europe was built between 1,800 and 1,900 m a.s.l. at a lek site of black grouse in 2002. After five years monitoring data show a strong decline of the local black grouse population. Collisions of the birds with the towers are recorded, disturbance because of wind park maintenance, infrastructure and tourism are difficult to evaluate. On another mountain ridge in Styria with two windparks and a ski lift the same drastic population decline was registered. Within the province of Styria between 30 and 40 locations for windparks were discussed from different points of view (technology, energy, ecology). Locations for windpower plants in alpine regions overlap with lek sites of black grouse to a very high percentage.
DA - 2009/03//
PY - 2009
VL - 58
IS - 2
SP - 173
EP - 182
UR - http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=CZ2009000753
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Collision
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Birds
KW - Ground-Nesting Birds
ER -