The catchment area of wind farms for European bats: A plea for international regulations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-86

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Popa Lisseanu, Ana G ^a   Niermann, Ivo ^b   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Chiroptera; Conservation; Migratory species; Wind energy facilities; Wind parks

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BAT; CATCHMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MITIGATION; MORTALITY; POLITICAL BORDER; PROVENANCE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; NYCTALUS LEISLERI; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PIPISTRELLUS NATHUSII; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 84862742444     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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