Efficacy of aircraft landing lights in stimulating avoidance behavior in birds

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 725-732

  Blackwell, Bradley F ^a   Bernhardt, Glen E ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft landing lights; Avoidance behavior; Bird strike; Pulse frequency; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; LIGHT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; COLUMBIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; ZENAIDA; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 3843097322     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0725:EOALLI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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