Bats are not birds and other problems with Sovacool's (2009) analysis of animal fatalities due to electricity generation

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2067-2069

  Willis, Craig K R ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^b   Boyles, Justin G ^c   Mark Brigham, R ^d   Brack Jr , Virgil ^e   Waldien, David L ^f   Reichard, Jonathan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e Environmental Solutions and Innovations Inc   (United States)

^f BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Birds; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MORTALITY; WIND POWER;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 75149195199     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.034     Document Type: Note

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