蝙蝠在美国东部的风能设施中被杀害的地理来源
Jamin G Wieringa1,2, Juliet Nagel3, C J Campbell4,5
1Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
PeerJ
|February 9, 2024
概括
风能设施中的蝙蝠死亡事件对移徙人口和当地人口都有影响. 了解这些蝙蝠的地理来源对于有效的保护策略和评估更广泛的人口影响至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 野生动物管理 野生动物管理
背景情况:
- 风能设施造成大量蝙蝠死亡,引发了保护问题.
- 评估对蝙蝠种群的影响是具有挑战性的,因为死亡事故的地理来源不明 (迁徙与本地).
研究的目的:
- 为了确定在美国东部的风能设施中被杀害的三种蝙蝠的夏季地理起源.
- 要区分流动和本地人为风力轮机死亡率做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 稳定的同位素和微量元素分析被用来追踪蝙蝠的起源.
- 用物种分布模型来确定夏季可能的地理来源.
- 分析了俄俄州和马里兰州风能设施的死亡数据.
主要成果:
- 在俄俄州,蝙蝠的百分比较低 (41.6%为L. 在北极生物群中,L. borealis的21.3%,L. cinereus,2.2%用于L.L.的时间. (noctivagans) 显示出运动的证据.
- 马里兰州的移民比例较高 (77.3%,37.1%,27.3%的各个物种).
- 观察到迁徙比例的季节性变化和夏季息地与夏季息地之间的关系.
结论:
- 在风能设施中被杀害的蝙蝠来自移徙和居民种群.
- 受影响的移民比例因物种和地点而异.
- 风能对蝙蝠种群的影响遍及广的地理区域,需要进行更广泛的研究.
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