Comparing bird and bat fatality-rate estimates among North American wind-energy projects

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-33

  Smallwood, K Shawn ^a  

^a not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality monitoring; Fatality rate estimates; Scavenger removal; Search radius; Searcher detection; Wind energy; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BAT; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MONITORING; MORTALITY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ALTAMONT PASS; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 84878268527     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.260     Document Type: Article

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