Bats are not birds and other problems with Sovacool's (2009) analysis of animal fatalities due to electricity generation

Bats are not birds and other problems with Sovacool's (2009) analysis of animal fatalities due to electricity generation

Recently Sovacool (2009) set out to compare North American bird (avian) and, presumably bat (chiropteran) mortality resulting from three methods of electricity generation, an objective we applaud. However, we feel it is important to point out serious errors in biological fact, logic, and data select...

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Veröffentlicht in:Energy policy 2010-04, Vol.38 (4), p.2067-2069
Hauptverfasser: Willis, Craig K.R., Barclay, Robert M.R., Boyles, Justin G., Mark Brigham, R., Brack, Virgil, Waldien, David L., Reichard, Jonathan
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bats
Bats Birds Wind energy
Biology
Birds
Error
Mortality
Power generation
Wind energy
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Zusammenfassung:Recently Sovacool (2009) set out to compare North American bird (avian) and, presumably bat (chiropteran) mortality resulting from three methods of electricity generation, an objective we applaud. However, we feel it is important to point out serious errors in biological fact, logic, and data selection in his paper. All rights reserved, Elsevier
ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.034