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Best Practices Database

Explore the best practices on bird protection around the electricity grids from our curated scientific database

Title	Author	Year of Publication	Country	Language
380-kV-Leitung Vierraden-Krajnik 507/508 Sonderuntersuchung zur Wirksamkeit von Vogelschutzmarkierungen	Kalz, B & Knerr, R	2017	Germany	German
A Paradox for conservation: Electricity pylons may benefit avian diversity in intensive farmland	Tryjanowski et al.	2012	Poland	English
A large-scale experiment demonstrates that line marking reduces power line collision mortality for large terrestrial birds, but not bustards, in the Karoo, South Africa	Shaw et al.	2021	South Africa	English
A review of post-construction monitoring practices used in the evaluation of transmission power line impacts on birds and mitigation effectiveness, with proposals for guideline improvement	Martins et al.	2023	Portugal	English
A spatially explicit model to predict the relative risk of Golden eagle electrocutions in the Northwestern plains USA	Bedrosian et al.	2020	U.S.	English
Action plan for the Swiss white stork	Kestenholdz et al.	2010	Switzerland	French
An overview of bird related issues in electrical power systems	Polat et al.	2016		English
Analysis and preventive measures on bird pest of transmission Line	Liu et al.	2017	China	English
Are bird flaps effective as wire markers in a power line? Field study of wire flaps and flight movements at a marked 150 kV high voltage line	Hartman et al.	2010	Netherlands	English
Assessment and mitigation of impacts of power lines and guyed meteorological masts on birds	Shaw J.	2016	United Kingdom	English
Assessment and mitigation of impacts of power lines and guyed meteorological masts on birds - guidance	Scottish Natural Heritage	2016		English
Assessment of devices designed to lower the incidence of avian power line strikes	Crowder, M.	2000	U.S.	English

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