Behavior and physiology in the development and application of visual deterrents at airports

Wildlife in Airport Environments: Preventing Animal-Aircraft Collisions Through Science-Based Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 11-23

  Blackwell, Bradley F ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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