Collision risk of White-fronted Geese with wind turbines

Ornithological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-71

  Sugimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anser albifrons frontalis; Avoidance behavior; Collision risk; Potential biological removal; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874100692     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.10.61     Document Type: Article

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