Burrowing Owl Mortality in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area

We estimated wind turbines in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area (APWRA), California, USA, kill >100 burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) annually, or about the same number likely nesting in the APWRA. Turbine-caused mortality was up to 12 times greater in areas of rodent control, where...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of wildlife management 2007-07, Vol.71 (5), p.1513-1524
Hauptverfasser:	SMALLWOOD, K. SHAWN, THELANDER, CARL G, MORRISON, MICHAEL L, RUGGE, LOURDES M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Altamont Pass Athene cunicularia Athene cunicularia hypugaea behavior Birds of prey Burrowing burrowing owl Canyons Cattle manure Collisions Creeks & streams Death Dung Endangered & extinct species Estimates Fatalities Geographic information systems Killing Management mitigation Mortality nest density Nesting Owls Population density Regression analysis Relocation Research s Rodent control Rodents Spermophilus Turbines Wind power Wind turbines
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