Bird collisions with power lines: State of the art and priority areas for research

2018/03/30 by Joana Bernardino, J. Bernardino, K. Bevanger +15 · 184 citations
Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Biodiversity #Biology #Bird conservation #Collision #Computer science #Computer security #Ecology #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Geography #Habitat #Population #Scarcity #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.029

published in Biological Conservation 222, 1-13 (Elsevier BV)

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