Compensating white-tailed eagle mortality at the Smøla wind-power plant using electrocution prevention measures

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-93

  Cole, Scott G ^a   Dahl, Espen Lie ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electrocution rates; Environmental compensation; Equivalency analysis; Haliaeetus albicilla; No net loss; Turbine collision; White tailed eagle

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POWER LINE; POWER PLANT; PROBABILITY; RAPTOR; RESOURCE USE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

NORWAY;

AVES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 84878291505     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.263     Document Type: Article

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