Bat strikes in the Australian aviation industry

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 526-529

  Parsons, Jennifer G ^a   Blair, David ^a   Luly, Jon ^a   Robson, Simon K A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Australia; Aviation; Bat strike; Flying fox; Human safety; Pteropus spp.; Risk mitigation; Wildlife damage management; Wildlife strike

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; BAT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS;

EID: 77749264631     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-268     Document Type: Article

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