Bird Collisions with an Unmarked Extra-High Voltage Transmission Line in an Average Riverine Landscape: An Appeal to Take a Closer Look
Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Methodological Overview
2.3. Recording Flight Movements and Reactions (Overflights)
2.4. Collision Victim Search
2.5. Statistical Methods
2.6. Correction Factors
2.7. Annual Phenology
2.8. Collision Rates
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of Collision Victims
- (A)
- Absolute and relative total number of corrected carcasses
- (B)
- Annual phenology and species range
3.2. Analysis of Flight Movements
- (A)
- Annual phenology and species range
- (B)
- Reactions to the lines
3.3. Correlations Between Collision Victims and Flight Movements
- (A)
- Annual phenology and species spectrum
- (B)
- Collision rates
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Reinhardt, A.; Mercker, M.; Sabel, M.; Henningsen, K.; Bernshausen, F. Bird Collisions with an Unmarked Extra-High Voltage Transmission Line in an Average Riverine Landscape: An Appeal to Take a Closer Look. Birds 2025, 6, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds6010013
Reinhardt A, Mercker M, Sabel M, Henningsen K, Bernshausen F. Bird Collisions with an Unmarked Extra-High Voltage Transmission Line in an Average Riverine Landscape: An Appeal to Take a Closer Look. Birds. 2025; 6(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds6010013
Chicago/Turabian StyleReinhardt, Arno, Moritz Mercker, Maike Sabel, Kristina Henningsen, and Frank Bernshausen. 2025. "Bird Collisions with an Unmarked Extra-High Voltage Transmission Line in an Average Riverine Landscape: An Appeal to Take a Closer Look" Birds 6, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds6010013
APA StyleReinhardt, A., Mercker, M., Sabel, M., Henningsen, K., & Bernshausen, F. (2025). Bird Collisions with an Unmarked Extra-High Voltage Transmission Line in an Average Riverine Landscape: An Appeal to Take a Closer Look. Birds, 6(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds6010013