%0 Journal Article %T STUDY OF INFLUENCE OF WIND-POWER STATIONS ON BIRDS: ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES %A Gorlov P. I. %A Siokhin V. D. %J B¨¬olog¨¬£¿nij V¨¬snik Mel¨¬topol£¿s£¿kogo Der£¿avnogo Pedagog¨¬£¿nogo Universitetu ¨¬men¨¬ Bogdana Hmel£¿nic£¿kogo %D 2012 %I Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University %X The world experience of bird collisions with wind-power stations was analyzed. The detailcharacteristics of principal threats to the birds during building and exploitation of wind-power stations was done. Comparative analysis of factors caused annual birds mortality was performed. Some proposals of negative influence minimization were suggested for wind-power stations utilization. %K wind-power stations %K birds %K threats %K impact mitigations %U http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/portal/Chem_Biol/Bvmdpu/2012_1/gorlov.pdf