Investigating the causes of death for wind turbine-associated bat fatalities

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 917-925

  Grodsky, Steven M ^a   Behr, Melissa J ^b   Gendler, Andrew ^b   Drake, David ^a   Dieterle, Byron D ^c   Rudd, Robert J ^d   Walrath, Nicole L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

barotrauma; bats; direct collision; fatalities; veterinary diagnostics; wind energy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BONE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LESION; LIMB; MORTALITY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 80054754820     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-404.1     Document Type: Article

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