Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle mortalities at wind energy facilities in the contiguous United States

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-315

  Pagel, Joel E ^a   Kritz, Kevin J ^b   Millsap, Brian A ^a   Murphy, Robert K ^a   Kershner, Eric L ^a   Covington, Scott ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquila chrysaetos; Bald Eagle; Golden Eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; mortality; United States; wind energy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; WIND POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883810772     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-12-00019.1     Document Type: Article

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