The effect of avoidance rates on bird mortality predictions made by wind turbine collision risk models

Ibis

Volumn 148, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 198-202

  Chamberlain, Dan E ^a   Rehfisch, Mark R ^a   Fox, Antony D ^b   Desholm, Mark ^b   Anthony, Sarah J ^c  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity Kalø ^*  (Denmark)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLLISION; MORTALITY; WIND TURBINE;

AVES;

EID: 33645379101     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00507.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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