Research
Making scientific research accessible
Here, you’ll find easy-to-read summaries of scientifically rigorous, evidence-based and peer-reviewed publications from around the world to help you better plan, build, and manage ecologically sustainable linear infrastructure.
Research summaries are listed chronologically according to when they were published here.
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Impacts of electrical infrastructure on birds: direct and indirect effects, knowledge gaps and priorities
Power lines kill birds and can also provide them a place to nest—even along the same span. As electricity networks expand globally to meet demand as we work to decarbonise the economy, we reviewed 25 years of research to find out what we really know about this trade-off, and where the biggest blind spots remain.
Overhead power lines kill millions of birds a year. Scientists found a way to help cut the devastating toll
A republished article from The Conversation. The first study of its kind using GPS tracking data to predict which power lines are most dangerous for Tasmania’s wedge-tailed eagles.
