Search Results - "DUERR, ADAM E"
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Effectiveness of an artificial intelligence-based system to curtail wind turbines to reduce eagle collisions
Published in PloS one (26-01-2023)“…Operating wind-power projects often includes protecting volant wildlife. One method for doing this uses an automated system to detect, identify (through use of…”
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Flight response of slope-soaring birds to seasonal variation in thermal generation
Published in Functional ecology (01-06-2015)“…Summary Animals respond to a variety of environmental cues, including weather conditions, when migrating. Understanding the relationship between weather and…”
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A review of supervised learning methods for classifying animal behavioural states from environmental features
Published in Methods in ecology and evolution (01-01-2023)“…Accurately predicting behavioural modes of animals in response to environmental features is important for ecology and conservation. Supervised learning (SL)…”
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Testing an Emerging Paradigm in Migration Ecology Shows Surprising Differences in Efficiency between Flight Modes
Published in PloS one (25-04-2012)“…To maximize fitness, flying animals should maximize flight speed while minimizing energetic expenditure. Soaring speeds of large-bodied birds are determined by…”
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Eagles enter rotor‐swept zones of wind turbines at rates that vary per turbine
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-08-2021)“…There is increasing pressure on wind energy facilities to manage or mitigate for wildlife collisions. However, little information exists regarding spatial and…”
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Modeling autumn migration of a rare soaring raptor identifies new movement corridors in central Appalachia
Published in Ecological modelling (01-05-2015)“…•We simulated autumn migration of golden eagles in Pennsylvania, USA.•We modeled 6094 flight routes with mean (±SD) moves of 2191 (±1281).•Orographic uplift…”
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Classifying behavior from short‐interval biologging data: An example with GPS tracking of birds
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-02-2022)“…Recent advances in digital data collection have spurred accumulation of immense quantities of data that have potential to lead to remarkable ecological…”
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Vulnerability of avian populations to renewable energy production
Published in Royal Society open science (01-03-2022)“…Renewable energy production can kill individual birds, but little is known about how it affects avian populations. We assessed the vulnerability of populations…”
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Assessing population‐level consequences of anthropogenic stressors for terrestrial wildlife
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-03-2020)“…Human activity influences wildlife. However, the ecological and conservation significances of these influences are difficult to predict and depend on their…”
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Stable hydrogen isotopes identify leapfrog migration, degree of connectivity, and summer distribution of Golden Eagles in eastern North America
Published in The Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.) (01-08-2015)“…Knowledge of the distribution and movements of populations of migratory birds is useful for the effective conservation and management of biodiversity. However,…”
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Limitations, lack of standardization, and recommended best practices in studies of renewable energy effects on birds and bats
Published in Conservation biology (01-02-2021)“…Increasing global energy demand is fostering the development of renewable energy as an alternative to fossil fuels. However, renewable energy facilities may…”
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Efficacy of non‐lead ammunition distribution programs to offset fatalities of golden eagles in southeast Wyoming
Published in The Journal of wildlife management (01-11-2024)“…Golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) face many anthropogenic risks including illegal shooting, electrocution, collision with wind turbines and vehicles, and lead…”
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Home in the heat: Dramatic seasonal variation in home range of desert golden eagles informs management for renewable energy development
Published in Biological conservation (01-06-2015)“…•Eagle space use was interpreted as a proxy for risk from renewable energy development.•Patterns in home range size depended on phenology and environmental…”
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Chronic lead exposure is epidemic in obligate scavenger populations in eastern North America
Published in Environment international (01-06-2015)“…Lead is a prominent and highly toxic contaminant with important impacts to wildlife. To understand the degree to which wildlife populations are chronically…”
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Wind energy: An ecological challenge
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Variation in flight characteristics associated with entry by eagles into rotor‐swept zones of wind turbines
Published in Ibis (London, England) (01-01-2024)“…Automated curtailment of wind turbines can reduce fatality rates of wildlife but the resulting increased number of curtailments can reduce power generation…”
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Age‐specific survival rates, causes of death, and allowable take of golden eagles in the western United States
Published in Ecological applications (01-04-2022)“…In the United States, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibits take of golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) unless authorized by permit, and stipulates…”
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Improving estimation of flight altitude in wildlife telemetry studies
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-07-2018)“…1. Altitude measurements from wildlife tracking devices, combined with elevation data, are commonly used to estimate the flight altitude of volant animals…”
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Integrating citizen-science data with movement models to estimate the size of a migratory golden eagle population
Published in Biological conservation (01-04-2015)“…•Forty percent of eagles are available to be counted at hawk-count sites.•Fifty-five percent of available eagles are actually detected at sites.•A mean…”
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Golden Eagle fatalities and the continental-scale consequences of local wind-energy generation
Published in Conservation biology (01-04-2017)“…Renewable energy production is expanding rapidly despite mostly unknown environmental effects on wildlife and habitats. We used genetic and stable isotope data…”
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