EVALUATING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TALL FESCUE VARIETIES FOR AIRFIELDS By:
Wildlife-aircraft collisions (wildlife strikes) cause serious safety hazards to aircraft and their occupants. Wildlife strikes cost civil aviation approximately $550 million annually in the United States (Cleary et al. [1]). Gulls (Larus spp.), waterfowl such as Canada geese (Branta canadensis), rap...
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2007
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.509.359 http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/naptf/att07/2007/Papers/P07051 Washburn et al.pdf |
Summary: | Wildlife-aircraft collisions (wildlife strikes) cause serious safety hazards to aircraft and their occupants. Wildlife strikes cost civil aviation approximately $550 million annually in the United States (Cleary et al. [1]). Gulls (Larus spp.), waterfowl such as Canada geese (Branta canadensis), raptors (hawks and owls), and blackbirds (Icterinae)/starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are |
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