Modelled sensitivity of avian collision rate at wind turbines varies with number of hours of flight activity input data

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 858-861

  Douglas, David J T ^a,b   Follestad, Arne ^a   Langston, Rowena H W ^c   Pearce Higgins, James W ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian flight activity; Band model; Collision risk modelling; Onshore wind; Renewable energy; Vantage point watches; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; RAPTOR; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

AVES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 84866446911     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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