Interspecific Variation in Wildlife Hazards to Aircraft: Implications for Airport Wildlife Management

• Main Authors: DeVault, Travis L., Belant, Jerrold L., Blackwell, Bradley F., Seamans, Thomas W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2011
• Subjects: airport; airport management; aviation hazard; bird strike; body mass; wildlife–aircraft collision; wildlife hazard score; wildlife strike; Life Sciences; Brant; Branta bernicla
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/1081; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/2079/viewcontent/DeVault_WSB_2011_Interspecific_Variation_in_Wildlife_Hazards.pdf

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. We summa...