We are starting to research the impact of eletrocussion in Crowned Eagles in southern Brazil, but our inexperience in this topic associated with the need to investigate large areas makes us fear to do this in a wrong way, wasting time and resources.
We would like to request some suggestions on how you do the sample design and how the search for electrocuted animals occurs.
Every help is welcome!
Dear colleague!
May you clafify your question? Do you mean deaths of birds and animals due to interaction with high voltage installations, e.g. with power transmission lines?
Dear Jonas
I have spent a long time studying the bird electrocutions in large areas and optimizing the impact monitoring work on power lines.
We have recently published two papers that can be very useful to help you in the planning of your work (see above).
If you have doubts or need more technical information to prepare the sample desing, I also have some documents (although most are in Spanish). If you are interested write me an email.
All the best !
JuanMa
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I see that JuanMa answered to you. He has a lot of experience. In particular in our project, we are working in a transmission line in a mountain area. Due to the extension of the line is about 30 km. we are monitoring the total extension with focus in areas with high abundance of raptors. The Crowned eagles inhabit open areas, so I recommend that you focus in sections of the line that are in this type of habitats.
one best parameter to be monitored during operation hours is frequency thorough the transmission line by using any reliable communication path either using PLC which is power line communication or wireless for example low-bandwidth spares communication line.
Thanks for the answers and suggestions!
Juan Manuel your work will be very useful to start activities here!
If I need any help or guidance I will contact you! Very grateful!
Hi Jonas.
You can see this project:
https://www.researchgate.net/project/Cuantificacion-del-impacto-que-los-tendidos-electricos-en-las-Islas-Orientales-Canarias-tienen-sobre-la-mortandad-de-aves
And this paper:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luis_Carrascal/project/Cuantificacion-del-impacto-que-los-tendidos-electricos-en-las-Islas-Orientales-Canarias-tienen-sobre-la-mortandad-de-aves/attachment/57d802a908ae2d6d612545a3/AS:405852772159488@1473774249203/download/tendidos_rg1.pdf?context=ProjectUpdatesLog
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