Bird mortality in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-223

  Smallwood, K Shawn ^a   Thelander, Carl ^b  

^a BioResource Consultants ^*  (United States)

^b BioResource Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Altamont Pass; Bird fatalities; Mortality estimate; Raptor mortality; Wind energy; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAPTOR; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ALTAMONT PASS; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 38649112008     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-032     Document Type: Article

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