Flight behavior of black and turkey vultures: Implications for reducing bird-aircraft collisions

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 601-608

  DeVault, Travis L ^a   Reinhart, Bradley D ^b   Brisbin Jr , I Lehr ^b   Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Bird aircraft collisions; Black vulture; Cathartes aura; Coragyps atratus; Flight behavior; Military; Movements; Radiotelemetry; South Carolina; Turkey vulture

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COLLISION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CORAGYPS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 23744476738     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0601:FBOBAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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