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Accession Number
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PB2013-103063
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Title
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Fatality Estimator User's Guide.
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Publication Date
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2013
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Media Count
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32p
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Personal Author
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M. Huso
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Abstract
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This publication is the User's Guide for software developed to estimate wildlife fatalities at wind-power facilities, although the software is applicable to a variety of circumstances in which the objective is to estimate the size of a superpopulation and the probability of detection of the individuals is less than one. Simple counts of carcasses do not accurately reflect fatality and do not allow comparison among locations because carcasses may be detected at different rates. This software uses data collected during carcass searches and knowledge of detection rates to accurately estimate the number of fatalities and to provide a measure of precision associated with the estimate. These estimates are fundamental to understanding acute and cumulative effects of wind power on wildlife populations.
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Keywords
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Animals
Carcasses
Data collection
Environmental conditions
Fatalities
Software(Computers)
Wildlife
Wind turbines
Wind-power facilities
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Source Agency
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US Geological Survey
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NTIS Subject Category
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62B - Computer Software
97I - Electric Power Production
48B - Natural Resource Management
57Z - Zoology
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Corporate Author
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Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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Data series rept.
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NTIS Issue Number
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1310
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Contract Number
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N/A
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