Biodiversity and Wind Farms in Portugal

1. Wind Industry in Portugal and Its Impacts on Wildlife: Special Focus on Spatial and Temporal Distribution on Bird and Bat Fatalities
Joana Marques, Sandra Rodrigues, Rita Ferreira, Miguel Mascarenhas

2. Impacts of On-shore Wind Farms in Wildlife Communities: Direct Fatalities and Indirect Impacts (Behavioural and Habitat Effects)
Pedro Pereira, Nuno Salgueiro, Sílvia Mesquita

3. Environmental Impact Assessment Methods: An Overview of the Process for Wind Farms’ Different Phases—From Pre-construction to Operation
Joana Santos, Joana Marques, Tiago Neves, Ana Teresa Marques, Ricardo Ramalho, Miguel Mascarenhas

4. An Overview on Methods to Assess Bird and Bat Collision Risk in Wind Farms
Sandra Rodrigues, Luís Rosa, Miguel Mascarenhas

5. The Indirect Impacts of Wind Farms on Terrestrial Mammals: Insights from the Disturbance and Exclusion Effects on Wolves (Canis lupus)
Gonçalo Ferrão da Costa, João Paula, Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca, Francisco Álvares

6. Comparing Field Methods Used to Determine Bird and Bat Fatalities
João Paula, Margarida Augusto, Tiago Neves, Regina Bispo, Paulo Cardoso, Miguel Mascarenhas

7. Estimating Bird and Bat Fatality at Wind Farms: From Formula-Based Methods to Models to Assess Impact Significance
Joana Marques, Luísa Rodrigues, Maria João Silva, Joana Santos, Regina Bispo, Joana Bernardino

8. How to Design an Adaptive Management Approach?
Helena Coelho, Silvia Mesquita, Miguel Mascarenhas

Nyckelord: Environment, Nature Conservation, Sustainable Development, Biodiversity, Natural Resources, Renewable and Green Energy