Table 2 Collision marginality (M) and specialization (S) values for the worst hit bird-groups at wind turbines in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.

From: Collision sensitive niche profile of the worst affected bird-groups at wind turbine structures in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany

Bird-Groups

Marginality (M)

Specialization (S)

Buntings

0.98

2.54

Crows

1.17

2.40

Larks

1.18

2.43

Pigeons

0.99

2.29

Raptors

0.98

1.82

  1. Marginality represents the extent of how different the group’s collision habitat is from the mean conditions available in the study area; an increasing M indicates increasing marginality. Specialization S represents the breadth of the collision prone niche for each group, with S > 1 indicating some degree of specialization.
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