Managing coexistence for bats and wind turbines

Authors

  • Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S. C. La Paz 23096, BCS, México.
  • William Z. Lidicker, Jr. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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2015-09-06

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