Erin F. Baerwald

TL;DR: It is reported here the first evidence that barotrauma is the cause of death in a high proportion of bats found at wind energy facilities, and one reason why there are fewer bird than bat fatalities is that the unique respiratory anatomy of birds is less susceptible to barOTrauma than that of mammals.

TL;DR: This data suggests that migrating bats fly at lower altitudes than nocturnally migrating birds and that newer, larger turbines are reaching that airspace, and that replacing older, smaller turbines with fewer larger ones may reduce bird fatalities per megawatt, it may result in increased numbers of bat fatalities.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the current state of knowledge on patterns of bat fatalities at wind facilities, present new information on cumulative fatalities in the USA and Canada, and present findings from mitigation studies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether fatalities at wind turbines could impact population viability of migratory bats, focusing on the hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus ), the species most frequently killed by turbines in North America.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a method to reduce bat fatalities at wind energy facilities by altering turbine rotors in low wind speeds, either by changing the wind-speed trigger at which the turbines are allowed to begin turning or by altering blade angles to reduce rotor speed.