Out of sight of wind turbines – reindeer response to wind farms in operation

To meet the expanding land use required for wind energy development a better understanding of the effects on terrestrial animals’ responses to such development is required. Using GPS-data from 50 freely ranging female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the Malå reindeer herding community, Sweden, we determined reindeer calving sites and estimated reindeer habitat selection using resource selection functions (RSF). RSFs were estimated at both second- (selection of home range) and third-order (selection within home range) scale in relation to environmental variables, wind farm (WF) development phase (before construction, construction, and operation), distance to the WFs and at the second-order scale whether the wind turbines were in or out of sight of the reindeer. We found that the distance between reindeer calving site and wind farms increased during the operation phase, compared to before construction. At both scales of selection we found a significant decrease in habitat selection of are...

为适配风电开发持续扩张的土地使用需求，亟需更深入地解析风电开发对陆生动物行为响应的影响。本研究基于瑞典马拉（Malå）驯鹿放牧群落内50头自由活动的雌性驯鹿（*Rangifer tarandus*）的GPS数据，借助资源选择函数（Resource Selection Functions, RSF）确定驯鹿产羔位点，并评估其栖息地选择偏好。研究分别在二阶（家域选择）与三阶（家域内选择）两个尺度下，结合环境变量、风电场（Wind Farm, WF）开发阶段（施工前、施工期、运营期）、距风电场的距离，以及二阶尺度下风力涡轮机是否处于驯鹿可视范围等因素，构建并估算了资源选择函数模型。结果显示，与施工前阶段相比，运营阶段驯鹿产羔位点与风电场的间距显著增大。在两种选择尺度下，我们均发现……的栖息地选择出现显著下降。