M21 2008 Bird Fatality Report (NEW!)
M22 Altamont Pass Bird Fatality February 2008 Presentation Slides
M29 Altamont Progress Report July 2008 Presentation Slides
M30 2008 Bird Fatality Report Executive Summary
M31 Carcass Removal/Scavenging Trial Draft Memo
P107 SRC Comments on 2008 Monitoring Report M21
P76 Smallwood Mortality Estimates APWRA 2005-2007
P77 FPLE Comments on MT Draft Report
P77 FPLE Comments on MT Report (previous version)
P80 Yee Statistical Review 2008 Monitoring Report
P83 Yee Comments about Rxp Denominator
M23 Altamont Statistics Comments 3-22-08
P84 Yee: Example Zero Values
P85 Yee: Estimating Method in Sept. 2007 Analysis
M24 Karas The Life of a Carcass
P97 Smallwood Misapplication of Adjustment Terms re Missed Fatalities
P98 Quality Assurance and Control Methods Review
P101 Smallwood Karas Mortality Restricted to Recent Fatalities
M18 KB Preliminary Report 1 (10/2/07)
M19 KB Table Followups (10/2/07)
Seasonal Shutdown Analyses (Click to Expand)
M13 Erickson: Updated Seasonal Shutdown Analyses (9/12/07)
M14 Erickson: 800-m raptor use tables
M15 UC: Winter shutdown tables (9/12/07)
M16 Yee: Winter Shutdown Data Analysis (9/11/07)
M16a Yee: Winter Shutdown Data Analysis - Fatality Filters (9/12/07)
M16b Yee: Analysis on Shutdown Effect Using Poisson Model (9/20/07)
M16c Yee analysis (9/14/07) Replaced by M16d and M16e
M16d Yee analysis of shutdown effect when blades lock (9/20/07)
M16e Yee analysis of shutdown effect when blades feather (9/20/07)
M16f Yee Summary of Filtered Fatality Data
M16z Guide to M16 Analyses on Shutdown Effect
P55 Yee Poisson model for op-nonop test
P56 FPLE Rotor locking information
P58 Smallwood Winter Shutdown Effect of Enertech Turbines (9/14/07)
M20 MT Winter Shutdown RTHA Fatalities (10/15/07)
P30 MT Action Items Compiled
P38 AIC Response to Power Output Request, 5/24/2007
Smallwood Memo: Opinion of Some SRC Members that the Period over which Post-Management Mortality will be Estimated Remains Undefined ( 7/26/07) (P43)
Smallwood: Effects of Monitoring Duration and Inter-Annual Variability on Precision of Wind-Turbine Causes mortality Estimates in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, California (7/26/07) (P44)
Yee Email: Monitoring Period and Using Averages to Measure Reduction (response to P43 and P44) (7/26/07) (P45)
SRC Discussion on 8/17/07 (P48 SRC Meeting Notes 8-17-07)
P82 Estep: Regional Raptor Population Data Summary
P88 Smallwood: Relative Abundance of Birds Offsite
Bat Citations:
Horn, J. W., E. B. Arnett, and T. H. Kunz. 2008. Behavioral responses of bats to operating wind turbines. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:123-132.
Arnett, E. B., et al. (13 more authors). 2008. Patterns of bat fatalities at wind energy facilities in North America. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:61-78.
P90 SRC Burrowing Owl Study Plan
P91 Barclay - Burrowing Owls in Altamont Abstract
P94 Yee Burrowing Owl Study Design Sample and Plot Size Determination
P106 Smallwood Burrowing Owl Carcass Distribution around Wind Turbines
Burrowing Owl Study -- Adaptive Sampling References:
Overviews from general texts on wildlife sampling: Pages 79-82 of Morrison, M.L., W.M. Block, M.D. Strickland, and W.L. Kendall. 2001. Wildlife Study Design. Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 210 pp.
Pages 71-74 of Williams, B.K., J.D. Nichols, M.J. Conroy. 2002. Analysis and Management of Animal Populations: Modeling, Estimation, and Decision Making. Academic Press. San Diego, CA. USA.
Journal articles:
Thompson, S.K. 1990. "Adaptive cluster sampling." Journal of the American Statistical Association. 85: 1050-1059.
Thompson, S.K., and G.A.F. Seber. 1994. "Detectability in conventional and adaptive sampling." Biometrics. 50:712-724.
Textbooks:
Thompson, S.K. 1992. Sampling. Wiley, New York. Thompson, S.K., and G.A.F. Seber. 1996. Adaptive Sampling. Wiley, New York. 265 pp.