Accounting for unsearched areas in estimating wind turbine-caused fatality

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 347-358

  Huso, Manuela M P ^a   Dalthorp, Dan ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; bias; fatality estimator; mortality; relative density; searcher proficiency; wind energy

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BAT; BIRD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SAMPLING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

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EID: 84895167257     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.663     Document Type: Article

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