TWO BAT SPECIES VULNERABLE TO WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
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FIGURE 10.30 Bat mortality at wind turbines appears to be the result of both collisions and barotrauma, that is, lung damage resulting from bats entering low-pressure micro-environments created by the moving turbine blades. Two particularly vulnerable species are eastern red bats, Lasiurus borealis, and silver-haired bats, Lasionycteris noctivagans.
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