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ReviewEnvironmental science & technology2020

Bats and Wind Farms: The Role and Importance of the Baltic Sea Countries in the European Context of Power Transition and Biodiversity Conservation.

Simon P Gaultier, Anna S Blomberg, Asko Ijäs, Ville Vasko, Eero J Vesterinen, Jon E Brommer, Thomas M Lilley

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Review in Environmental science & technology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Palearctic view of a bat fungal disease.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Simon P GaultierBiodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5 20500 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9818-3009
Anna S BlombergDepartment of Biology, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5 20500 Turku, Finland.
Asko IjäsBrahea Centre/Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku, Pohjoisranta 11 D 28100 Pori, Finland.
Ville VaskoFinnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
Eero J VesterinenBiodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5 20500 Turku, Finland.
Jon E BrommerDepartment of Biology, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5 20500 Turku, Finland.
Thomas M LilleyFinnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
University of Turku · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although labeled as environmentally friendly, wind power can have negative impacts on the environment, such as habitat destruction or wildlife fatalities. Considering the distribution and migratory characteristics of European bats, the negative effects of wind power should be addressed on an appropriate scale. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on interactions between wind farms and bats in Europe, and compares it with the situation in the countries of the European boreal biogeographic region. We analyzed data from papers published in international and national scientific journals, focusing on studies conducted in Europe. The issue of the impacts wind power has on bats is clearly overlooked in most of the countries of the European boreal region, with low volumes of research available on the topic. This is probably due to fewer wind farms in the area, making this recent issue a less-prioritized topic. However, the Baltic Sea, and the countries surrounding it, are of extreme importance with regards to bat migration, especially for the

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ChiropteraAnimalsBiodiversityEnergy-Generating ResourcesEuropeWind

Identifiers

PMID32830494
PMCPMC7497642
OpenAlexW3080252805

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