Biases in bird strike statistics based on pilot reports

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 997-1003

  Linell, Michael A ^a   Conover, Michael R ^b   Ohashi, Tim J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport management; Animal damage control; Bird aircraft collisions; Doves; Owls; Seed eating birds; Tropical airfields; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; BIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; HAWAIIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0032791940     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802814     Document Type: Article

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