An operational model predicting autumn bird migration intensities for flight safety

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-874

  Van Belle, J ^a,b   Shamoun Baranes, J ^a   Van Loon, E ^a   Bouten, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Nature Bureau   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Bird strikes; Cross validation; Prediction; Radar ornithology; Robustness; Weather influence

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AUTUMN; BIRD; COLLISION; FLIGHT; MIGRATION; MODELING; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 34347394111     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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