Avian and bat fatality rates at old-generation and repowered wind turbines in California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1062-1071

  Smallwood, K Shawn ^a   Karas, Brian ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altamont Pass; bird fatalities; mitigation; raptor mortality; repowering; wind energy; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; MORTALITY; POWER GENERATION; RAPTOR; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ALTAMONT PASS; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 73549097897     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-464     Document Type: Article

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