Question

The construction of wind farms has affected the migratory patterns of some bird populations. Bird populations have been noted to no longer increase and sometimes even decrease in these areas. What is this known as?

Answer 1

The construction of wind farms has affected the migratory patterns of some bird populations. Bird populations have been noted to no longer increase and sometimes even decrease in these areas.

This is known as a density independent limiting factor.

Density independent limiting factor affects a population irrespective of its density. For example natural disasters, temperature, human activities etc.

Answer 2

This is known as a density independent factor

Density-independent factor is any factor that negatively influences the size of a population regardless of the number of individuals in the population. From the question given, the construction of wind farms is the density-independent factor. Other examples of density-independent factor include an earthquake, flood, weather, climate, and pollution.