Wind Development 

Impacts of Wind Energy Facilities on Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat

Available for Purchase: The Wildlife Society's Technical Review 07-2 (September 2007) 
http://bookstore.wildlife.org/Details.cfm?ProdID=595&category=5
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Read the Professional Organization's Position Statement on Wind:  http://joomla.wildlife.org/documents/positionstatements/Wind_Energy.pdf

Wind Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities
Kuvlesky, W.P. Jr., L.A. Brennan, M.L. Morrison, K.K. Boydston, B.M. Ballard, and F.C. Bryant. 2007. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(8): 2487-2498.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2007-248%20

Foote Creek Rim Final Bird and Bat Mortality Report (Carbon County, WY)
Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. 2003. Avian and Bat Mortality Associated with the Initial Phase of the Foote Creek Rim Wind Power Project, Carbon County, Wyoming. November 1998 – June 2002. http://www.west-inc.com/reports/fcr_final_mortality.pdf

Assessing Impacts of Wind-Energy Development on Nocturnally Active Birds and Bats: A Guidance Document
Kunz, T.H., E.B. Arnett, B.M. Cooper, W.P. Erickson, R.P. Larkin, T. Mabee, M.L. Morrison, M.D. Strickland, and J.M. Szewczak. 2007. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(8): 2249-2486. http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2007-270%20

Synthesis and Comparison of Baseline Avian and Bat Use, Raptor Nesting and Mortality Information from Proposed and Existing Wind Developments.
Erickson, W.P., G. D. Johnson, D. P. Young, Jr., M. D. Strickland, R.E. Good, M. Bourassa, K. Bay. 2002. Publication prepared for Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.

Avian collisions with wind turbines: A summary of existing studies and comparisons to other sources of avian collision mortality in the United States.
Erickson, W.P., G. D. Johnson, M. D. Strickland, D. P. Young, Jr., K.J. Sernka and R.E. Good. 2001. National Wind Coordinating Committee Publication. http://www.nationalwind.org/pubs/default.htm

Bird Mortality in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, California
Smallwood, K.S. and C. Thelander. 2008. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1): 215-223.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2007-032

Estimating Wind Turbine-Caused Bird Mortality
Smallwood, K.S. 2007. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(8): 2781-2791.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2007-006%20

Burrowing Owl Mortality in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area
Smallwood, K.S., C.G. Thelander, M.L. Morrison, L.M. Rugge. 2007. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(5): 1513-1524.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2006-307%20

Behavior of Red-Tailed Hawks in a Wind Turbine Development
Hoover, S.L., and M.L. Morrison. 2005. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(1): 150-159.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F0022-541X%282005%29069%3C0150%3ABORHIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2%20

Collision mortality of local and migrant birds at a large-scale wind power development on Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota.
Johnson, G.D., W.P. Erickson, M.D. Strickland, M.F. Shepherd, D.A. Shepherd, and S.A. Sarappo. 2002. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:879-887.

Bird Collisions report-NWCC
August 2001. Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines: A Summary of Existing Studies and Comparisons to Other Sources of Avian Collision Mortality in the United States.
http://www.west-inc.com/reports/avian_collisions.pdf

A Review of Bat Mortality at Wind-Energy Developments in the United States.
Johnson, G.D. 2005. Bat Research News 46:45-49.

Mating Behavior as a Possible Cause of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines
Cryan, P.M. 2008. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(3): 845-849.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2007-371%20

Patterns of Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America
Arnett, E.B., W.K. Brown, W.P. Erickson, J.K. Fiedler, B.L. Hamilton, T.H. Henry, A. Jain, G.D. Johnson, J. Kerns, R.R. Koford, C. P. Nicholson, T.J. O’Connell, M.D. Piorkowski, and R.D. Tankersley JR. 2008. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1): 61-78.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2007-221

Behavioral Responses of Bats to Operating Wind Turbines
Horn, J.W., E.B. Arnett, and T.H. Kunz. 2008. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1): 123-132. http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F2006-465%20

Monitoring the Potential Impact of A Wind Development Site on Bats in the Northeast
Reynolds, D.S. 2006. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(5): 1219-1227.
http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F0022-541X%282006%2970%5B1219%3AMTPIOA%5D2.0.CO%3B2
 
Bat Activity, Composition, and Collision Mortality at a Large Wind Plant in Minnesota
Johnson, G.D., M.K. Perlik, W.P. Erickson, and M.D. Strickland. 2004. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(4): 1278-1288. http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2193%2F0091-7648%282004%29032%5B1278%3ABACACM%5D2.0.CO%3B2%20