Estimating bat and bird mortality occurring at wind energy turbines from covariates and carcass searches using mixture models.

Estimating bat and bird mortality occurring at wind energy turbines from covariates and carcass searches using mixture models.

Environmental impacts of wind energy facilities increasingly cause concern, a central issue being bats and birds killed by rotor blades. Two approaches have been employed to assess collision rates: carcass searches and surveys of animals prone to collisions. Carcass searches can provide an estimate...

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Main Authors: Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt, Robert Brinkmann, Ivo Niermann, Oliver Behr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3700871?pdf=render

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