Assessing the potential impact of wind turbines on the endangered Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia at San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 679-694

  Cruz Delgado, Francisco ^a,b   Wiedenfeld, David A ^a,c   González, José A ^d  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^b Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^c American Bird Conservancy   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collision risk; Flight patterns; Galapagos Islands; Galapagos Petrel; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEABIRD; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SAN CRISTOBAL [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS];

PROCELLARIIDAE; PTERODROMA PHAEOPYGIA;

EID: 76449100892     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9727-y     Document Type: Article

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