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Conclusions, Risk Assessment, Conflict Minimisation, Practical Recommendations, Need for Further Research

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This chapter summarizes the main results of the study and recommends measures to avoid collisions of birds of prey at wind turbines.

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Hötker, H. et al. (2017). Conclusions, Risk Assessment, Conflict Minimisation, Practical Recommendations, Need for Further Research. In: Hötker, H., Krone, O., Nehls, G. (eds) Birds of Prey and Wind Farms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53402-2_16

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