Mapping oil and gas development potential in the US intermountain west and estimating impacts to species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Copeland, Holly E ^a   Doherty, Kevin E ^b   Naugle, David E ^c   Pocewicz, Amy ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b National Audubon Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL OIL; PETROLEUM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL OILS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449411888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007400     Document Type: Article

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