Fatalities at wind turbines may threaten population viability of a migratory bat
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a Bat Conservation International, PO Box 162603, Austin, TX 78716, USA b Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada d American Wind Wildlife Institute, Washington, DC 20005-3544, USA e United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Resource Center, Onalaska, WI 54650, USA f United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Arcata, CA 95521, USA g Department of Biology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA h United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Clemson, SC 29634, USA i Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal 04510, Mexico j Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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