Automatic Bird Identification for Offshore Wind Farms

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Automatic Bird Identification for Offshore Wind Farms. / Niemi, Juha ; Tanttu, Juha.

Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts : Balancing Energy Sustainability with Wildlife Conservation. ed. / Regina Bispo; Joana Bernardino; Helena Coelho; José Lino Costa. 1. ed. Springer, 2019.

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Harvard

Niemi, J & Tanttu, J 2019, Automatic Bird Identification for Offshore Wind Farms. in R Bispo, J Bernardino, H Coelho & JL Costa (eds), Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts : Balancing Energy Sustainability with Wildlife Conservation. 1 edn, Springer, Conference on Wind energy and Wildlife impacts, 2/05/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05520-2

APA

Niemi, J., & Tanttu, J. (2019). Automatic Bird Identification for Offshore Wind Farms. In R. Bispo, J. Bernardino, H. Coelho, & J. L. Costa (Eds.), Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts : Balancing Energy Sustainability with Wildlife Conservation (1 ed.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05520-2

Vancouver

Niemi J , Tanttu J. Automatic Bird Identification for Offshore Wind Farms. In Bispo R, Bernardino J, Coelho H, Costa JL, editors, Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts : Balancing Energy Sustainability with Wildlife Conservation. 1 ed. Springer. 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05520-2

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Niemi, Juha ; Tanttu, Juha. / Automatic Bird Identification for Offshore Wind Farms. Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts : Balancing Energy Sustainability with Wildlife Conservation. editor / Regina Bispo ; Joana Bernardino ; Helena Coelho ; José Lino Costa. 1. ed. Springer, 2019.

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