Assessing turbine collision hazard for the Lear's macaw and four vulture species in the Caatinga

• Grant number: 21/02132-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: May 01, 2021
• End date: April 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Agreement: Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Voeroes Dénes
• Grantee: Julia Emi de Faria Oshima
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/19389-9 - Applying new bio-logging and analytical tools to study the movement ecology and conservation of birds in the caatinga biome, Brazil, AP.JP

Abstract

We will quantify the turbine collision risk for Lear's macaws and Neotropical vultures in the Caatinga. We will characterize the uplift energy in the study area using uplift potential metrics from the literature. We will then use movement data from birds fitted with bio-loggers to characterize home range, and will use hierarchical, continuous-time stochastic movement models to account for observation error in flight height data. We will use the species-specific error-corrected flight height data and the energy landscape metrics as inputs in a mechanistic model of collision hazard. We will also evaluate the rate at which birds fly over wind farm areas, as well as their avoidance behavior (i.e. changes in flight height in direct response to the presence of wind turbines). Finally, under the assumption that collision risk is the product of collision hazard, the rate at which birds fly over wind farm areas, as well as their avoidance behavior, we will derive estimates of collision risk for the focal species in the study area.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ALEGRE, VANESA BEJARANO; RIO-MAIOR, HELENA; OSHIMA, JULIA EMI DE FARIA; NIEBUHR, BERNARDO BRANDAO; MORATO, RONALDO G.; RIBEIRO, MILTON CEZAR. The effect of anthropogenic features on the habitat selection of a large carnivore is conditional on sex and circadian period, suggesting a landscape of coexistence. JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, v. 73, p. 9-pg., 2023-05-12. (22/10760-1, 14/23132-2, 18/13037-3, 20/01779-5, 21/08534-0, 13/50421-2, 21/10195-0, 21/02132-8)

ALEGRE, VANESA BEJARANO; KANDA, CLAUDIA ZUKERAN; OSHIMA, JULIA EMI DE FARIA; NIEBUHR, BERNARDO BRANDA; MORATO, RONALDO GONSALVES; THOMPSON, JEFFREY J.; BORGER, LUCA; RIBEIRO, MILTON CEZAR. Jaguar at the Edge: movement patterns in human-altered landscapes. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 22, n. 4, p. 9-pg., 2024-12-24. (13/50421-2, 19/04851-1, 20/01779-5, 18/13037-3, 22/10760-1, 20/07586-4, 21/08322-3, 21/02132-8, 21/10195-0, 16/11595-3, 21/10639-5, 21/08534-0)

ALEGRE, VANESA BEJARANO; OSHIMA, JULIA EMI DE FARIA; KANDA, CLAUDIA ZUKERAN; JORGE, MARIA LUISA S. P.; KEUROGHLIAN, ALEXINE; MORATO, RONALDO G.; RIBEIRO, MILTON CEZAR; BORGER, LUCA. Predator-Prey Movement Interactions: Jaguars and Peccaries in the Spotlight. Biotropica, v. 57, n. 1, p. 7-pg., 2025-01-01. (13/50421-2, 19/04851-1, 21/06668-0, 16/09957-4, 20/01779-5, 18/13037-3, 22/10760-1, 20/07586-4, 21/08322-3, 21/02132-8, 21/10195-0, 14/23132-2, 16/11595-3, 21/10639-5, 21/08534-0)

VANCINE, MAURICIO HUMBERTO; MUYLAERT, RENATA L.; NIEBUHR, BERNARDO BRANDA; OSHIMA, JULIA EMI DE FARIA; TONETTI, VINICIUS; BERNARDO, RODRIGO; DE ANGELO, CARLOS; ROSA, MARCOS REIS; GROHMANN, CARLOS HENRIQUE; RIBEIRO, MILTON CEZAR. The Atlantic Forest of South America: Spatiotemporal dynamics of the vegetation and implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, v. 291, p. 15-pg., 2024-02-28. (21/08534-0, 21/10639-5, 21/08322-3, 21/02132-8, 13/02883-7, 20/01779-5, 17/09676-8, 21/10195-0, 13/50421-2, 22/01899-6, 22/10760-1, 14/23132-2)

RIBEIRO-SOUZA, PAULA; HAJI, JULIO; OSHIMA, JULIA; LIMA, FERNANDO; LIMA-SILVA, BARBARA; PIRES, JOSE; RIBEIRO, MILTON; GRAIPEL, MAURICIO. Under pressure: suitable areas for neotropical cats within an under protected biodiversity hotspot. REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS-SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT, v. 34, p. 13-pg., 2024-03-04. (21/08534-0, 21/10639-5, 21/08322-3, 21/02132-8, 21/06668-0, 20/01779-5, 21/10195-0, 13/50421-2, 22/10760-1, 14/23132-2)