Estimation of bird fatalities at wind farms with complex topography and vegetation in Hokkaido, Japan

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Kitano, Masato ^a   Shiraki, Saiko ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird collision; Bird utilization rate; Japan mortality estimate; Predictive model; White tailed eagle; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIRD; COASTAL ZONE; COLLISION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VEGETATION TYPE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

AVES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; RAPTORES;

EID: 84878326282     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.255     Document Type: Article

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