Changes in diversity and species composition in the assemblage of live and dead bats at wind farms in a highly diverse region

• Published in: Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 195; no. 12; p. 1480
• Main Authors: Cabrera-Cruz, Sergio A., Aguilar López, José Luis, Aguilar-Rodríguez, Pedro A., Oropeza-Sánchez, Marco T., Muñoz Jiménez, Oscar, Villegas Patraca, Rafael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animals; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bats; Carcasses; Chiroptera; Collision mortality; Community composition; Composition; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Energy-Generating Resources; Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental Monitoring; Farms; Insectivores; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Mortality; Searching; Species composition; Species diversity; Wind; Wind effects; Wind farms; Wind power; Community structure; Mexico; Bat mortality; Wind energy; Diversity; Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Besides direct mortality, wind farms also affect aerial fauna by modifying their communities, reducing species diversity and richness through disturbance. During three consecutive years, we used mist nets and acoustic recorders, and conducted carcass searches, to characterize the assemblage of bat s...