Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0562497

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Colour vision in birds: consequences to fatal collisions with wind farms. Wind-farms represent a key component of sustainable energy generation world-wide. However, many birds die as a result of collisions with wind-farms, posing an unsolved and controversial conservation issue. The proliferation of wind-farms in Australia will exacerbate the problem. Birds rely on vision to negotiate static and moving objects. Wind-farms, currently coloured to meet human aesthetic criteria, may be 'invisible' to birds since they see colours differently from humans. We will determine bird spectral sensitivities and compare them to the spectral reflectance of wind-farms. We will then develop modifications improving the visibility of wind-farms to birds, thereby reducing fatalities.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-2005

End Date: 02-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $105,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems | Conservation And Biodiversity | Neurobiology | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |