Collision effects of wind-power generators and other obstacles on birds

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1134, Issue , 2008, Pages 233-266

  Drewitt, Allan L ^a   Langston, Rowena H W ^b  

^a NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Building; Fence; Mast; Power line; Wind farm; Wind turbine; Window

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BUILDING; GENERATOR; HEIGHT; ILLUMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEATHER; WIND POWER;

AVES;

EID: 45449110810     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1439.015     Document Type: Review

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