Wind and wildlife in the Northern Great Plains: Identifying low-impact areas for wind development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Fargione, Joseph ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph ^a   Slaats, M Jan ^a   Olimb, Sarah ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE; WIND POWER;

BIODIVERSITY; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 84864338938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041468     Document Type: Article

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