Vulture flight behavior and implications for aircraft safety

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1581-1587

  Avery, Michael L ^a   Humphrey, John S ^a   Daughtery, Trey S ^b   Fischer, Justin W ^a   Milleson, Michael P ^a   Tillman, Eric A ^a   Bruce, William E ^a   Walter, W David ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

aviation hazard; bird aircraft strike; black vulture; Cathartes aura; Coragyps atratus; flight behavior; satellite telemetry; turkey vulture

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; BIRD; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GPS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR POWER; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

BEAUFORT COUNTY [SOUTH CAROLINA]; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 80051894886     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.205     Document Type: Article

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