Effects of wind turbines on flight behaviour of wintering common eiders: Implications for habitat use and collision risk

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 516-522

  Larsen, Jesper K ^a,c   Guillemette, Magella ^a,b  

^a Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c Kyed Consult   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collision risk; Disturbance; Flight behaviour; Operating wind turbines; Somateria mollissima; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD; WATERFOWL; WIND TURBINE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; TUNO KNOB;

ANAS; AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 34249058093     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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