Bird Strikes and Aircraft Fuselage Color: A Correlational Study

Collisions between birds and aircraft (bird strikes) pose safety risks to the public, cost airports and airlines money, and result in liability issues. Recent research suggests that aircraft visibility could be enhanced to increase detection and avoidance by birds. We questioned whether aircraft col...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Jim Gaffney, Bradley F. Blackwell, Patrice Baumhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utah State University 2017-02-01
Series:Human-Wildlife Interactions
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol5/iss2/11