Avian mortality at communication towers in the United States and Canada: which species, how many, and where?

By Travis Longcore, Catherine Rich, P. Mineau, Beau MacDonald, Daniel G. Bert, Lauren M. Sullivan, Erin Mutrie, S. Gauthreaux, M. Avery, R. Crawford and 3 more. 2013

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Bird–building collisions in the United States: Estimates of annual mortality and species vulnerability (2014, methodology): “We initially attempted to apply average species proportions to the overall mortality estimate following Longcore et al. (2013), but this method returned unrealistically high estimates for species that comprised a high percentage of counts in many studies (e.g., 140% of the total population of…”
Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes (2015, unknown): “By combining estimates of species-specific mortality with estimates of total North American population abundance, Longcore et al. (2013) conclude that 29 bird species could experience annual mortality from communication towers greater than 1% of their entire population.”
A Synthesis of Human-related Avian Mortality in Canada (2013, background): “…does not capture the complexity of potential population effects, it confirms that national mortality totals alone do not reflect the ecological importance of human-related activities for most species and that mortality is not simply proportional to abundance (see also Longcore et al. 2013).”
The effects of light pollution on biological rhythms of birds: an integrated, mechanistic perspective (2015, unknown): “In birds, besides collision with artificially lit structures (Longcore et al. 2013), one of the most reported effects of light pollution is the shift in temporal behavior.”