Application of GIS and Spatial Analysis of Golden Eagle Fatalities Caused by Wind Turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource

The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area (Altamont) near Livermore, California is the oldest and largest wind farm in the United States. It is known as a location of high avian mortality, especially for diurnal raptors such as the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Using the avian monitoring data collect...

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Main Author: Pinger, Andrew James
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: PDXScholar 2013
Subjects:
Wind power > Environmental aspects
Birds > Effect of wind power plants on
Wind turbines > Environmental aspects
Geospatial data
Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment
Oil
Gas
and Energy
Poultry or Avian Science
Model Hill
Aquila chrysaetos
golden eagle
Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/197
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.197
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/open_access_etds/article/1196/viewcontent/Pinger_psu_0180E_10718.pdf
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/open_access_etds/article/1196/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/ApingerDataFinal.csv

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