Factors affecting pilot-reported bird-strike rates at christchurch international airport, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Chilvers, B Louise ^a,b   Ryan, Christine J ^a   Hickling, Graham J ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airports; Bird control; Bird strike; Pilot reports

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALASIAN HARRIER; BIRD STRIKE; GULL; SPUR-WINGED PLOVER; WHITE-BACKED MAGPIE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT;

AVES; CIRCUS APPROXIMANS; CORVIDAE; GYMNORHINA; HOPLOPTERUS SPINOSUS; LARUS; PASSERIDAE; VANELLUS; VANELLUS MILES NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 0031414176     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9518100     Document Type: Article

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