Bird communities and wind farms: A phylogenetic and morphological approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2821-2836

  Herrera Alsina, Leonel ^a,b   Villegas Patraca, Rafael ^c   Eguiarte, Luis E ^d   Arita, Héctor T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Avian conservation; Community structure; Ecology; Morphospace; Null model; Wind facilities

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; CLADISTICS; COLLISION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOPOLOGY; VULNERABILITY; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84886615108     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0557-6     Document Type: Article

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