Ranking the risk of wildlife species hazardous to military aircraft

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 258-264

  Zakrajsek, Edward J ^a,b   Bissonette, John A ^a,c,d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DeTect Inc   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Bird aircraft strike hazard; Bird avoidance model; Birdstrike; Cathartes aura; Military aircraft; Turkey vulture; Wildlife mortality

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BIRD; COLLISION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANSER; ANSER SP.; APODIDAE; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BUTEO; CARACARA CHERIWAY; CATHARTES AURA; CHEN CAERULESCENS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; EREMOPHILA; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; EUPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS; HIRUNDINIDAE; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 22244459550     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[258:RTROWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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