Effects of wind turbines on upland nesting birds in Conservation Reserve Program grasslands.: An article from: Wilson Bulletin
| Title: | Effects of wind turbines on upland nesting birds in Conservation Reserve Program grasslands.: An article from: Wilson Bulletin |
| Author: | Krecia L. Leddy
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| Year First Published: | 1999 |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Synopsis: | This digital document is an article from Wilson Bulletin, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2910 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the author: Grassland passerines were surveyed during summer 1995 on the Buffalo Ridge Wind Resource Area in southwestern Minnesota to determine the relative influence of wind turbines on overall densities of upland nesting birds in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grasslands. Birds were surveyed along 40 m fixed width transects that were placed along wind turbine strings within three CRP fields and in three CRP fields without turbines. Conservation Reserve Program grasslands without turbines and areas located 180 m from turbines supported higher densities (261.0-312.5 males/100 ha) of grassland birds than areas within 80 m of turbines (58.2-128.0 males/100 ha). Human disturbance, turbine noise, and physical movements of turbines during operation may have distrurbed nesting birds. We recommend that wind turbines be placed within cropland habitats that support lower densities of grassland passerines than those found in CRP grasslands. Citation Details Title: Effects of wind turbines on upland nesting birds in Conservation Reserve Program grasslands. Author: Krecia L. Leddy Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed) Date: March 1, 1999 Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society Volume: 111 Issue: 1 Page: 100(5) Distributed by Thomson Gale |
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