Nocturnal bird migration over an Appalachian Ridge at a proposed wind power project

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 682-690

  Mabee, Todd J ^a   Cooper, Brian A ^a   Plissner, Jonathan H ^a   Young, David P ^b  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Ridge; Birds; Flight behavior; Nocturnal migration; Radar; West Virginia; Wind power

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RADAR; WIND POWER;

ALLEGHENY FRONT; APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

AVES;

EID: 33751206855     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[682:NBMOAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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