Migratory Canada geese cause crash of US Airways Flight 1549

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 297-301

  Marra, Peter P ^a   Dove, Carla J ^b   Dolbeer, Richard ^c   Dahlan, Nor Faridah ^b   Heacker, Marcy ^b   Whatton, James F ^b   Diggs, Nora E ^a   France, Christine ^d   Henkes, Gregory A ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COLLISION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OPTIMIZATION; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS;

EID: 68949166186     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090066     Document Type: Article

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