Eco-energy and urbanisation: Messages from birds about wind turbine proliferation

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.B, 2011, Pages 14-25

  Fox, Anthony D ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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