TY - JOUR
TI - Visual Fields, Foraging and Collision Vulnerability in Gyps Vultures
AU - Martin, G
AU - Portugal, S
AU - Murn, C
T2 - Ibis
AB - The visual fields of vultures contain a small binocular region and large blind areas above, below and behind the head. Head positions typically adopted by foraging vultures suggest that these visual fields provide comprehensive visual coverage of the ground below, prohibit the eyes from imaging the sun and provide extensive visual coverage laterally. However, vultures will often be blind in the direction of travel. We conclude that by erecting structures such as wind turbines, which extend into open airspace, humans have provided a perceptual challenge that the vision of foraging vultures cannot overcome.
DA - 2012/07//
PY - 2012
VL - 154
IS - 3
SP - 626
EP - 631
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01227.x/abstract
DO - 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01227.x
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Collision
KW - Raptors
KW - Birds
ER -