WIMBY - Wind In My Backyard: High-resolution ecological niche models and connectivity analyses for selected wildlife species
Abstract
The expansion of wind energy contributes, among other things, to achieving climate goals. However, it must be ensured that this expansion is acceptable from an ecological perspective. In order to make such an assessment, possible impacts on ecosystems and wildlife species must be recorded and associated nature conservation interests must be considered. Species-specific habitats, existing stepping stones and dispersal corridors are of major importance for maintaining gene flow, thereby preserving genetic diversity and minimizing extinction risk within meta-population systems. However, these factors have often been disregarded or even neglected in previous planning processes for wind farms. Within the project, high-resolution, spatially explicit models (ecological niche model, ENM) will be developed for selected wildlife species based on robust and easily available presence-only data points. The models will subsequently be transformed to landscapes´ resistance matrices, which in turn will be used within connectivity modelling.
keywords biology metapopulation ecological consequences land use wind power
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Project staff
Eva Maria Schöll
Dr.nat.techn. Eva Maria Schöll MSc.
eva.schoell@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83221
Project Leader
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
Ursula Nopp-Mayr
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Ursula Nopp-Mayr
ursula.nopp-mayr@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83001, 83227
Sub Projectleader
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
Vishesh Leon Diengdoh
Dr. Vishesh Leon Diengdoh
vishesh.leon.diengdoh@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83232
Project Staff
01.09.2023 - 31.12.2024
Florian Kunz
Dr.nat.techn. Florian Kunz MSc.
florian.kunz@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83220
Project Staff
01.09.2023 - 31.12.2025