Rainfall effects on bird-aircraft collisions at two United States airports

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-275

  Gabrey, Steven W ^a,b,c,d,e   Dolbeer, Richard A ^a,f,g,h,i  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Wildlife Research Center's   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Iowa State University ^*

^g University of the South   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

bird strike; Chicago; gulls; John F. Kennedy International Airport; Larus; New York; O'Hare International Airport; precipitation; water

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS; LEPUS;

AIRPORT; BIRD STRIKE; BIRD-AIRCRAFT COLLISION; RAINFALL;

USA, ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, O'HARE AIRPORT; USA, NEW YORK STATE, NEW YORK, JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT;

EID: 0029661018     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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