Minimizing collision risk between migrating raptors and marine wind farms: Development of a spatial planning tool

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 801-808

  Baisner, Anette Jægerfeldt ^a   Andersen, Jonas Lembcke ^a   Findsen, Anders ^a   Yde Granath, Simon Wilhelm ^a   Madsen, Karin Ø ^a   Desholm, Mark ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buteo buteo; Collision zone; Gliding equation; Hotspots; Migration; Risk window

Indexed keywords

BUTEO BUTEO; COLLISION ZONE; GLIDING EQUATION; HOTSPOTS; MIGRATION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; RISK PERCEPTION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

BODY MASS; COLLISION ZONE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GLIDING; MIGRATION; ORNITHOLOGY; RAPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; FORELIMB; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAPTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RISK REDUCTION; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WIND POWER;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DENMARK; FALCONIFORMES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND; WING;

DENMARK;

BUTEO BUTEO; RAPTORES;

EID: 78649320346     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9541-z     Document Type: Article

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