Accession Number:
ADA272940
Title:
Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Communication System. Ecological Monitoring Program: Wisconsin Bird Studies
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Jun 1984-Sep 1990
Corporate Author:
IIT RESEARCH INST CHICAGO IL
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1991-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
105.0
Abstract:
This study was designed to isolate effects of electromagnetic EM fields produced by extremely low frequency ELF antenna systems on bird species breeding in or migrating through Wisconsin. Specifically, the aim was to determine any differences in bird species richness and abundance between areas close to the antenna and those far enough away to be unaffected by the antenna. Characteristics examined included total species richness and abundance, abundance of common bird species, and abundance of birds within selected guilds. Measurements of vegetation identified differences and similarities between control and treatment areas. Habitat variables were used in analysis of covariance ANCOVA to compare numbers of abundant bird species in control versus treatment areas after adjustments for habitat differences. Extremely low frequency, Ecology, Electromagnetic fields, ELF Communications system, Environmental studies, ELF Ecological monitoring program
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Subject Categories:
- Ecology
- Electricity and Magnetism