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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	A pilot study on GPS tracking of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo at military airfields to advance bird strike prevention
Auteurs :	Hans van Gasteren, Auteur ; Inge Both, Auteur ; Judy Shamoun-Baranes, Auteur ; Jacques-Olivier Laloe, Auteur ; Willem Bouten, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Limosa (87(2-3) 2014)
Article en page(s) :	107-116
Résumé :	The presence of birds at and near airfields is a constant problem for flight safety all around the world. To minimize the risk of bird strikes, airfields practice wildlife management policies, including habitat modification and bird scaring techniques. To efficiently manage these populations a thorough understanding of their ecology and local behaviour is needed. Tracking birds with GPS devices can offer valuable insight into a species' biology and ecology, but has not yet been applied in the context of aviation safety. In the present pilot study,

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