Power Lines

AVISTEP - the Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning

Bird collisions with power lines in Portugal and Spain                                                                                  

Map adapted from D’Amico M et al. 2019. Bird collisions with power lines: Prioritizing species and areas by estimating potential population-level impacts. Divers Distrib. 25: 975–982.

[Shapefile D'Amico et al 2019 Fig 3 Portugal and Spain available on Figshare]

Avian vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure in Europe and North Africa

Map obtained from Gauld et al. (2022). Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 1496–1512.

[Datasets and Shapefile available on Dryad]