Seasonal bat activity in relation to distance to hedgerows in an agricultural landscape in central Europe and implications for wind energy development.

The article presents a study on bat activity based on distance to hedgerows in a German agricultural landscape for effective landscape planning like wind energy development, to avoid human-wildlife conflicts. Bat activity was recorded at different distances from hedges during spring and summer. It finds similar overall activity for all bat species between seasons, with the highest activity recorded near the hedges, noting variation in species-specific spatial activity patterns between seasons.