Behavior of bats at wind turbines

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 15126-15131

  Cryan, Paul M ^a   Gorresen, P Marcos ^b   Hein, Cris D ^c   Schirmacher, Michael R ^c   Diehl, Robert H ^d   Huso, Manuela M ^e   Hayman, David T S ^f,g   Fricker, Paul D ^h   Bonaccorso, Frank J ^d   Johnson, Douglas H ^d   Heist, Kevin ⁱ   Dalton, David C ^j  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j Wildlife Engineering   (United States)

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Author keywords

Energy development; Sensory perception; Video surveillance; Wildlife; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BAT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; WIND;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; INDIANA; PERCEPTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING; WIND;

EID: 84908046985     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406672111     Document Type: Article

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