TY - JOUR
TI - Male Greater Prairie-Chickens Adjust their Vocalizations in the Presence of Wind Turbine Noise
AU - Whalen, C
AU - Brown, M
AU - McGee, J
AU - Powell, L
AU - Walsh, E
T2 - The Condor: Ornithological Applications
AB - The potential for wind energy facilities to affect species of grouse in the grasslands of the Great Plains of North America is a conservation concern. Communication by male Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) is essential for lek mating displays and includes low-frequency vocalizations that could be disrupted by wind turbine noise. We studied the effects of wind turbine noise on the boom, cackle, whine, and whoop vocalizations of male Greater Prairie-Chickens recorded at 14 leks located 703 m to 23 km away from a wind energy facility near Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska, USA, in 2013 and 2014. First, we assessed ambient sound levels at our study sites. Wind turbine noise contributed to the soundscape; leks 
DA - 2018/02//
PY - 2018
VL - 120
IS - 1
SP - 137
EP - 148
UR - http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1650/CONDOR-17-56.1
DO - 10.1650/CONDOR-17-56.1
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Noise
KW - Ground-Nesting Birds
KW - Birds
ER -