Refining estimates of bird collision and electrocution mortality at power lines in the United States.

Collisions and electrocutions at power lines are thought to kill large numbers of birds in the United States annually. However, existing estimates of mortality are either speculative (for electrocution) or based on extrapolation of results from one study to all U.S. power lines (for collision). Beca...

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Main Authors: Scott R Loss, Tom Will, Peter P Marra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4081594?pdf=render