A basic study for the assessment of the impact of wind farms on the White-tailed Eagle population and for avoiding bird collisions with wind turbines

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24510037
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture
• Principal Investigator: SHIRAKI Saiko 東京農業大学, 生物産業学部, 准教授 (20434011)
• Research Collaborator: SUGIMOTO Taro
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 風車衝突事故 / 地域繁殖集団 / 遺伝解析 / 北海道 / 極東ロシア / 立地特性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The targeting population for the impact assessment of collisions of White-tailed Eagles with wind turbines in Hokkaido was examined by genetic analysis. A genetic differentiation between the breeding populations in the northern part of Hokkaido and in the Far East Russia was revealed. Mitochondrial DNA sequence data showed the most of eagles killed by wind turbines in the northern part of Hokkaido probably originated from the breeding population in the same region. These results suggested that the impact assessment should be carried out for both of breeding populations in the northern part of Hokkaido and in the Far East Russia which was the summering area of the eagles wintering in Hokkaido.

Free Research Field

鳥類生態学