Development by design: Mitigating wind development's impacts on wildlife in Kansas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Obermeyer, Brian ^a   Manes, Robert ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph ^a   Fargione, Joseph ^a   Sochi, Kei ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WIND DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STANDARD; WILD ANIMAL; WIND;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; KANSAS; WIND;

EID: 80055047732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026698     Document Type: Article

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