Avian Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America: a Comparison of Recent Approaches
Three recent publications have estimated the number of birds killed each year by wind energy facilities at 2012 build-out levels in the United States. The 3 publications differ in scope, methodology, and resulting estimates. We compare and contrast characteristics of the approaches used in the publi...
Main Authors: | Douglas H. Johnson, Scott R. Loss, K. Shawn Smallwood, Wallace P. Erickson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Utah State University
2017-02-01
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Series: | Human-Wildlife Interactions |
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol10/iss1/3 |
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