Differential mortality of birds killed at wind farms in Northern Portugal

Bird Study

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-259

  Morinha, Francisco ^a,b   Travassos, Paulo ^a   Seixas, Fernanda ^c   Martins, Ana ^b   Bastos, Rita ^a   Carvalho, Diogo ^a   Magalhães, Paula ^d   Santos, Mário ^a   Bastos, Estela ^b   Cabral, João A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FLIGHT; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORNITHOLOGY; PASSERINE; SONG; VULNERABILITY; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

PORTUGAL;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES;

EID: 84899999162     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2014.883357     Document Type: Article

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