Avian behavior and mortality at power lines in coastal South Carolina

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 636-648

  Savereno, Anthony J ^{a,b,g,h,i,j,k}   Savereno, Lynette A ^a,b   Boettcher, Ruth ^a,c,e,f   Haig, Susan M ^a,b,d,l,m,n  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b N Carolina Wildl Rsrc Commission ^*

^c N Carolina Wildl Rsrc Commission   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f State Coord for Sea Turtle Conserv   (United States)

^g FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Wildlife Society

ⁱ TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^j USDA NRCS   (United States)

^k University of North Dakota   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^m Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

ⁿ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Avian behavior; Avian mortality; Power lines; Salt marsh; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POWER LINE COLLISION;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0030301015     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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