Avian Literature Database

The Avian Literature Database is a bibliographic database of documents of effects of wind energy development (including towers, power lines, and other wires) on birds.

• What's in the Database
• Acknowledgments
• Ordering Copies of Publications
• Go to the Database
• Avian Reports Published by NREL

What's in the Database

The effects of wind energy development on birds include mortality factors such as collision and electrocution, and impacts on nesting, foraging, roosting/loafing, and other bird disturbances.

The database also contains documents on the potential impacts of wind energy development on humans, including visual and noise disturbances.

The database includes documents from journals, periodicals, conference proceedings, government publications, utility company reports, books, and magazines. The database currently contains the abstracts of documents published through 1995. NREL intends to update this database on a regular basis, adding document citations and abstracts as more documents are published. The database is maintained by the National Wind Technology Center (see contact information below).

The database is searchable by different parameters, including keywords or phrases, author, publication year, and title.

Users are encouraged to contact NREL regarding documents that should be added to the database. Suggestions for improving the database are also welcome. A comment key is available for providing feedback or suggestions.

Acknowledgments

The basis of the Avian Literature Database is two documents originally compiled by or for the California Energy Commission. One document, Effects of Wind Energy Development: An Annotated Bibliography (P700-96-001CN), was prepared by Susan Orloff and Anne Flannery from Ibis Environmental Services for BioSystems Analysis, Inc. in 1996. The second document, Avian Collision and Electrocution: An Annotated Bibliography (P700-95-001), was prepared by staff at the California Energy Commission and was completed in 1995. These two documents have been aggregated into the database.

Ordering Copies of Publications

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NWTC Library
MS 3811
1617 Cole Blvd.
Golden, CO 80401
nwtc_library@nrel.gov
(303) 384-6963

Enter the Avian Literature Database

Avian Reports Published by NREL

We've also collected the publications published by NREL on avian issues. See the NREL avian publications.