Causes of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Hypotheses and Predictions
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- 15 December 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 90 (6), 1330-1340
- https://doi.org/10.1644/09-mamm-s-076r1.1
Abstract
Thousands of industrial-scale wind turbines are being built across the world each year to meet the growing demand for sustainable energy. Bats of cerKeywords
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