Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Marked Wire in Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-903

  Barrientos, Rafael ^a   Alonso, Juan Carlos ^a   Ponce, Carlos ^a   Palacín, Carlos ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird collision; Bird flight diverter; Colisi n de aves; Dispositivo anticolisi n; Flight frequency; Frecuencia de vuelo; Ground wire marking; Power line; Se alizaci n del cable de tierra; Tendido el ctrico

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; COLLISION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLIGHT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PERIODICITY; POWER LINE; VISIBILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANIMAL; BIRD; ELECTRICITY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ELECTRIC WIRING; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

AVES;

EID: 80052555430     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01699.x     Document Type: Review

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