Collision mortality of local and migrant birds at a large-scale wind-power development on Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 879-887

  Johnson, Gregory D ^a   Erickson, Wallace P ^a   Strickland, M Dale ^a   Shepherd, Maria F ^a   Shepherd, Douglas A ^a   Sarappo, Sharon A ^a  

^a WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian collisions; Minnesota; Nocturnal migrants; Tower; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; MORTALITY; TURBINE; WIND POWER;

BIRD; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY YIELD; MORTALITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED STATES; WIND; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036748603     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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