Avifauna of airports and solid waste landfills in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia ...

• Main Author: Emtsev, Aleksandr
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Surgut State University 2023
• Subjects: Occurrence; khanty; khanty-mansi; Mansi
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/z6pxpy; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8aa4f5e1-ab1d-4214-a2d0-8a5aa51432d8

The dataset present bird counts made for an airport bird control, at the airports of the cities of Khanty-Mansiysk, Nyagan, Beloyarsky and in the immediate vicinity, including the cities of Surgut and Urai of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra. Prevention of aircraft collisions with birds is a specific problem that appeared with the birth of aviation itself, and occupies an intermediate position between aviation and ornithology. Each airport is unique in terms of a set of environmental and industrial conditions that determine the degree of danger posed by birds to aircraft flights. Bird control in aviation has been established as a separate type of flight safety - ornithological flight safety. Modern ornithology provides a set of measures, including measures for operational and passive protection of aircraft, airfield and airport facilities from birds. Bird control also includes measures for the ecological transformation of the aerodrome and near-aerodrome areas in order to reduce their attractiveness ...