Refining estimates of bird collision and electrocution mortality at power lines in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Loss, Scott R ^a,c   Will, Tom ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Division of Migratory Birds   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; ELECTROCUTION; HABITAT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLICY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INJURIES; META ANALYSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTRIC WIRING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903769390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101565     Document Type: Article

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