| Abstract: | 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. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70041721 |
| Citation Author: | Huso, Manuela M.; Som, Nicholas; Ladd, Lew |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 32 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Report: vi, 22 p.; Estimator Software ZIP download |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Data Series |
| Citation Series Code: | DS |
| Citation Series Number: | 729 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Fatality estimator user’s guide; 2012; DS; 729; Huso, Manuela M.; Som, Nicholas; Ladd, Lew |
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| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Fatality estimator user’s guide; 2012; DS; 729; Huso, Manuela M.; Som, Nicholas; Ladd, Lew |
| URL (COMPANION FILES): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/729/ds729_EstimatorSetup.zip |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/729/pdf/ds729.pdf |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/729/ |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ds_729.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
