Avian Hearing and the Avoidance of Wind Turbines

Dooling, Robert J.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Birds;    Hearing;    Noise;    Sound;    Turbines;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15000693
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP-500-30844
RP-ID  :  AC36-99-GO10337
RP-ID  :  15000693

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides a complete summary of what is known about basic hearing capabilities in birds in relation to the characteristics of noise generated by wind turbines. It is a review of existing data on bird hearing with some preliminary estimates of environmental noise and wind turbine noise at Altamont Pass, California, in the summer of 1999. It is intended as a resource in future discussions of the role that hearing might play in bird avoidance of turbines.