Bat Fatalities at Wind Farms in Taiwan

Cheng-Han Chou; Tsung-Yu Hsieh; Wei-Ting Liu; Ta-Ching Chou; Yu-Po Huang; Jens Rydell

doi:10.3106/041.042.0208

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Cheng-Han Chou,^1,2 Tsung-Yu Hsieh,³ Wei-Ting Liu,⁴ Ta-Ching Chou,³ Yu-Po Huang,⁴ Jens Rydell^5,*

¹1Bat association of Taiwan, No. 25, Ln. 176, Wenxin St., Jiji Township, Nantou County 552, Taiwan (R
²2Endemic Species Research Institute, No. 1, Minsheng E. Rd., Jiji Township, Nantou County 552, Taiwa
³3Ming-Shiang Ecological Census Consultant Company, No. 27-12, Gongxue N. Rd., South Dist., Taichung
⁴4Observer Ecological Consultant Company, 4F., No. 129, Jinjiang St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 1
⁵5Biology Department, Lund University, SE-233 62 Lund, Sweden

^*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jens.rydell@telia.com

Abstract

We collected bat carcasses at three wind farms in Taiwan, located along the west coast mostly near the sea and/or in former coastal wetland habitats. We found 43 bat carcasses, mostly of common aerial-hawking species such as Pipistrellus abramus and Scotophilus kuhlii, but the island endemics Eptesicus serotinus horikawai and Myotis formosus flavus were also recovered. All bat species affected are believed to remain on the island all year. As far as we know this is the first report of bat fatalities at wind energy facilities in eastern Asia.

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Cheng-Han Chou, Tsung-Yu Hsieh, Wei-Ting Liu, Ta-Ching Chou, Yu-Po Huang, and Jens Rydell "Bat Fatalities at Wind Farms in Taiwan," Mammal Study 42(2), 121-124, (1 June 2017). https://doi.org/10.3106/041.042.0208

Received: 1 December 2016; Accepted: 13 April 2017; Published: 1 June 2017

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