Patterns of mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft

Wildlife collisions with U.S. civil aircraft (hereafter incidents) pose safety and economic concerns. Terrestrial mammals represented only 2.3% of wildlife incidents, but 59% of these incidents caused damage to aircraft. I examined 2,558 incidents in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Nationa...

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Main Author: Biondi, Kristin Michele
Other Authors: Dr. Jerrold L. Belant, Dr. James A. Martin, Dr. Guiming Wang, Dr. Travis L. DeVault
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: MSSTATE 2012
Subjects:
Wildlife
Fisheries & Aquaculture
Canis lupus
Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-10152012-140843/
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spelling ftmississippista:oai:library.msstate.edu:etd-10152012-140843 2023-05-15T15:50:11+02:00 Patterns of mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft Biondi, Kristin Michele Dr. Jerrold L. Belant Dr. James A. Martin Dr. Guiming Wang Dr. Travis L. DeVault 2012-11-29 application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-10152012-140843/ en eng MSSTATE unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-10152012-140843/ Wildlife Fisheries & Aquaculture text 2012 ftmississippista 2019-07-19T16:48:24Z Wildlife collisions with U.S. civil aircraft (hereafter incidents) pose safety and economic concerns. Terrestrial mammals represented only 2.3% of wildlife incidents, but 59% of these incidents caused damage to aircraft. I examined 2,558 incidents in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Wildlife Strike Database to characterize and analyze overall mammal incidents by airport type, emphasizing white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) and bat incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Mammal incidents caused 5 times greater damage than other wildlife which varied by airport type and appeared associated with species behavior. I provided relative hazard scores to determine which species were most hazardous to aircraft. Relative hazard increased with increasing body mass with mule deer ( O. hemionus ), white-tailed deer and domestic dog ( Canis lupus familiaris ) most hazardous to aircraft. White-tailed deer caused 6 times greater damage than all other wildlife and are hazardous to aircraft. In contrast, bats posed a low hazard to aircraft. Text Canis lupus Mississippi State University: ETD Collection
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Fisheries & Aquaculture
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Fisheries & Aquaculture
Biondi, Kristin Michele
Patterns of mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft
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description Wildlife collisions with U.S. civil aircraft (hereafter incidents) pose safety and economic concerns. Terrestrial mammals represented only 2.3% of wildlife incidents, but 59% of these incidents caused damage to aircraft. I examined 2,558 incidents in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Wildlife Strike Database to characterize and analyze overall mammal incidents by airport type, emphasizing white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) and bat incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Mammal incidents caused 5 times greater damage than other wildlife which varied by airport type and appeared associated with species behavior. I provided relative hazard scores to determine which species were most hazardous to aircraft. Relative hazard increased with increasing body mass with mule deer ( O. hemionus ), white-tailed deer and domestic dog ( Canis lupus familiaris ) most hazardous to aircraft. White-tailed deer caused 6 times greater damage than all other wildlife and are hazardous to aircraft. In contrast, bats posed a low hazard to aircraft.
author2 Dr. Jerrold L. Belant
Dr. James A. Martin
Dr. Guiming Wang
Dr. Travis L. DeVault
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title_short Patterns of mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft
title_full Patterns of mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft
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title_full_unstemmed Patterns of mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft
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I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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