Bird Mortality Caused by Power Lines
A special issue of Birds (ISSN 2673-6004).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 7039
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wildlife and infrastructure interactions; impact monitoring and mitigation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tackling climate change will require a profound transformation of the global energy system, which needs to be based on high shares of renewables. Distribution and transmission overhead power lines will play an important role in the clean energy transition, as they ensure the delivery of electricity produced from renewable sources (typically located in remote areas) to end consumers. However, the predicted expansion and upgrading of the electricity grids raises important challenges, but also opportunities, for biodiversity conservation, particularly for birds, as overhead power lines are a significant source of direct mortality.
This Special Issue will consider original or review articles that highlight advances in our understanding and monitoring practices of bird mortality at power lines, caused by electrocutions or collisions with the overhead wires. Studies on the consequences of bird mortality caused by power lines may include assessments at individual or population levels. We also welcome studies on the development and effectiveness evaluation of strategies to reduce bird mortality at any stage of the mitigation hierarchy (avoidance, minimization, and compensation/offsets). Studies that can increase the understanding of powerline-caused bird mortality and their drivers in understudied regions of the world are particularly welcomed.
Dr. Joana L.V. Bernardino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- collision
- electrocution
- transmission lines
- distribution lines
- monitoring practices
- mitigation strategies
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