Investigating the causes of death for wind turbine-associated bat fatalities
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libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. Investigating the causes of death for wind turbine-associated bat fatalities Author(s) :Steven M. Grodsky, Melissa J. Behr, Andrew Gendler, David Drake, Byron D. Dieterle, Robert J. Rudd, and Nicole L. Walrath Source: Journal of Mammalogy, 92(5):917-925. 2011. Published By: American Society of Mammalogists DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-404.1 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-404.1
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