Using probability of occurrence to assess potential interaction between wind farms and a residual population of golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos in NW Spain

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2033-2041

  Tapia, Luis ^a   Domínguez, Jesús ^a   Rodríguez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Golden eagle; Potential impacts; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WIND FARM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS;

EID: 70350620565     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9571-5     Document Type: Article

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