Red aviation lights on wind turbines do not increase bat-turbine collisions

Animal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 354-358

  Bennett, Victoria J ^a   Hale, Amanda M ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction hypothesis; Bat migration; Bat wind turbine interactions; Fatality monitoring surveys; Foraging resources; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT EFFECT; MIGRATION; MONITORING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

LASIURUS BOREALIS;

EID: 84904971140     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12102     Document Type: Article

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