Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.18710/4DLXE3 |
Publication Date
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2024-04-18 |
Title
| Replication Data for: Will future wind power development in Scandinavia have an impact on wolves? |
Author
| Miltz, Cecilia (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) - ORCID: 0009-0006-3066-546X
Eriksen, Ane (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Wikenros, Camilla (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Wabakken, Petter (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Sand, Håkan (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Zimmermann, Barbara (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) |
Point of Contact
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Cecilia Miltz (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) |
Description
| This dataset contains the datafiles, script and README file to replicate the modelling of the related publication. (2024-04-09)
Abstract: The global energy demand is growing, and the world is shifting towards using more renewable energy, like increased onshore wind power development. We used Global Positioning System (GPS) and Very High Frequency (VHF) location data from adult, territorial wolves Canis lupus in Scandinavia (Sweden and Norway; 1999–2021), to examine the potential for wind power development to affect wolf behavioural ecology. We examined the spatial overlap of areas proposed for wind power development with wolf territory activity centres prior to construction, to test to what extent overlap varies with season, time of day and social status (breeding versus non-breeding wolves). Measures of overlap were the distance between wolf activity centre points and nearest proposed wind turbine, the probability of proposed wind turbines being within the activity centre, and the density of proposed wind turbines within the activity centre. The wolf activity centre points were closer to sites of proposed turbines in early summer than in late winter and the density of proposed turbines in the activity centre was higher in early summer than in late winter. These findings probably result from an altitudinal shift in wolf area use between summer and winter. We also found that the probability for proposed turbines to be within the activity centre was higher for non-breeding than for breeding wolves during early summer, whereas it was higher for breeding compared to non-breeding wolves during late winter. This difference might be an effect of that breeding wolves have a restricted area use during the early summer season (denning period), resulting in a lower probability of turbines being inside their activity centre as compared to late winter. There was no clear pattern for other seasonal and social status differences. The results should be viewed as a starting point for further research and supplemented with before-after studies. (2024-06-03) |
Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Keyword
| environmental impact
GPS collars
renewable energy
space use
wind turbines
wolves |
Related Publication
| Miltz, C., Eriksen, A., Wikenros, C., Wabakken, P., Sand, H. & Zimmermann, B. (2024). Will future wind power development in Scandinavia have an impact on wolves? Wildlife Biology e01250. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01250 |
Language
| English |
Producer
| Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN) https://eng.inn.no/ |
Production Location
| Sweden and Norway (see Figure 1 in related publication) |
Funding Information
| The data used in this study was obtained by the Scandinavian Wolf Research Project SKANDULV, which was funded by:
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Norwegian Environment Agency
Research Council of Norway
Interreg Sweden-Norway
Innlandet County Council
Innlandet County Governor
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management
Borregaard Forestry
Glommen Forestry Association
NORSKOG Consulting
Nordic Forestry Association
Elverum municipality
Stor-Elvdal municipality
Trysil municipality
Våler municipality
Åmot municipality
Åsnes municipality |
Distributor
| Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN) https://dataverse.no/dataverse/inn |
Depositor
| Miltz, Cecilia |
Deposit Date
| 2024-04-09 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 1999-11-03 ; End Date: 2021-01-31 |
Data Type
| Response and explanatory variable data; R script for modelling |
Software
| R, Version: 4.3.1
QGIS Desktop, Version: 3.16.15
ArcGIS Pro, Version: 3.02 |