Spatial trade-offs between wind power production and bird collision avoidance in agricultural landscapes

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 10-

  Eichhorn, Marcus ^a   Drechsler, Martin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird protection; Efficiency frontier; Land use optimization; Spatial allocation; Trade off; Wind power

Indexed keywords

AVES; MILVUS MILVUS;

EID: 77954484596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03268-150210     Document Type: Article

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