Short-term impacts of wind energy development on greater sage-grouse fitness

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 522-530

  Lebeau, Chad W ^a   Beck, Jeffrey L ^b   Johnson, Gregory D ^a   Holloran, Matthew J ^c  

^a WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Wyoming Wildlife Consultants LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; energy development; fitness; greater sage grouse; survival; wind energy; wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BROOD REARING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; POWER GENERATION; PREDATION RISK; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 84898059596     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.679     Document Type: Article

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