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. 2014 Sep 15;9(9):e107491. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107491

Table 2. Estimated fatality rate (birds/megawatt(MW)/year) and confidence interval calculated for small birds in studies of bird collisions at wind energy facilities that provided all-bird estimates only in their report, along with estimator, all-bird rate and confidence interval, and multiplier value a .

Project name byavifaunal biome Estimatorused All-bird fatalityrate estimate(MW/year) All-birdConfidenceinterval Multiplier Calculated small-birdfatality estimate(MW/year) Calculated small-birdConfidenceinterval
Eastern Biome
Buffalo Mountain (2000–2003) Naïve 11.02 0.88 9.65
Buffalo Mountain (2005) Naïve 1.10 0.88 0.98
Casselman (2008) Shoenfeld 1.51 0.90–4.00 0.88 1.33 0.53–2.34
Casselman (2009) Shoenfeld 2.88 2.67–6.44 0.88 2.52 1.56–3.76
Cohocton/Dutch Hill (2009) Jain 1.39 0.88 1.20
Cohocton/Dutch Hills (2010) Jain 1.32 0.88 0.69
Locust Ridge II (2009) Shoenfeld 0.84 0.88 0.74
Locust Ridge II (2010) Shoenfeld 0.76 0.88 0.66
Mountaineer (2003) Shoenfeld 2.69 2.41–8.33 0.88 2.36 1.41–4.87
Munnsville (2008) Jain 1.48 0.88 1.30
Ripley (2008) Environment Canada 3.09 0.88 2.70
Sheldon (2010) Shoenfeld 1.76 1.66–3.88 0.88 1.54 0.97–2.27
Sheldon (2011) Shoenfeld 1.57 1.46–3.36 0.88 1.38 0.85–1.96
Intermountain West Biome
Big Horn Huso 2.54 2.59–7.54 0.78 1.97 1.34–3.90
Harvest Wind (2010–2012) Huso 2.94 4.93–10.00 0.78 2.28 1.66–3.37
Leaning Juniper Huso 6.66 6.19–15.66 0.78 5.17 3.20–8.10
Pebble Springs Huso 1.93 2.34–8.89 0.78 1.50 0.86–3.29
Summerview (2006) Environment Canada 1.06 0.78 0.82
Tuolumne (Windy Point I) Shoenfeld 3.20 4.89–11.57 0.78 2.49 1.72–4.08
White Creek (2007–2011) Huso 4.05 7.64–12.12 0.78 3.14 2.58–4.09
Northern Forest Biome
Lempster (2009) Shoenfeld 3.38 3.75–9.78 0.81 2.73 1.52–3.96
Mars Hill (2007) Jain 1.67 0.81 1.33
Mars Hill (2008) Jain 1.76 0.81 1.43
Stetson Mountain I (2009) Jain 2.68 0.81 2.17
Stetson Mountain I (2011) Jain 1.18 1.54–1.99 0.81 0.96 0.83–1.07
Stetson Mountain II (2010) Jain 1.42 1.91–2.37 0.81 1.15 1.03–1.28
Pacific Biome
High Winds (2004) Shoenfeld 1.62 0.67 1.08
High Winds (2005) Shoenfeld 1.10 0.67 0.73
Prairie Biome
Barton I and II Shoenfeld 5.50 8.00–16.09 0.68 3.73 2.71–5.46
Kewaunee County Shoenfeld 1.95 0.68 1.33
Moraine II Shoenfeld 5.59 3.58–15.22 0.68 3.79 1.62–6.88
Pioneer Prairie I (phase II) Shoenfeld 0.27 0–1.35 0.68 0.18 0–0.55
Prairie WindsND1/Minot (2010) Shoenfeld 1.48 1.74–3.33 0.68 1.04 0.82–1.56
Top of Iowa 2003 Shoenfeld 0.42 0.68 0.29
Top of Iowa 2004 Shoenfeld 0.81 0.68 0.57
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References for the studies listed in this table may be found in Appendix S1.