Bird flight characteristics near wind turbines in Minnesota

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-38

  Osborn, Robert G ^a   Dieter, Charles D ^a   Higgins, Kenneth F ^a   Usgaard, Robert E ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pheasants Forever Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATORY BIRD; WIND TURBINE;

MINNESOTA; USA;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; QUISCALUS QUISCULA;

EID: 0031881218     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0029:BFCNWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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