Interspecific variation in wildlife hazards to aircraft: Implications for airport wildlife management

• Published in: Wildlife Society Bulletin
• Main Authors: DeVault, Travis L., Belant, Jerrold L., Blackwell, Bradley F., Seamans, Thomas W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Brant; Branta bernicla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wsb.75; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fwsb.75; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsb.75

Abstract Understanding the relative hazards of wildlife to aircraft is important for developing effective management programs. We used Federal Aviation Administration National Wildlife Strike Database records from 1990 to 2009 in the United States to rank the relative hazard of wildlife to aircraft....