Habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in South American airports

The concentration of birds around airports has significantly increased the occurrence of aeronautical accidents worldwide. One of the main techniques to modify the avian habitat in airports, and therefore exert controls over bird population density, is to regulate the height of surrounding grassland...

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Autores principales: Marateo, Javier Silvio Germán, Grilli, Pablo Gervasio, Bouzas, Nancy, Ferretti, Vanina, Juárez, Marcos César Nicolás Santos, Soave, Guillermo Enrique
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
Materias:
Ciencias Naturales
Bird strikes
Grass management
Habitat management
Human-wildlife conflicts
Wildlife hazard
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86192
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Bird strikes
Grass management
Habitat management
Human-wildlife conflicts
Wildlife hazard
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Bird strikes
Grass management
Habitat management
Human-wildlife conflicts
Wildlife hazard
Marateo, Javier Silvio Germán
Grilli, Pablo Gervasio
Bouzas, Nancy
Ferretti, Vanina
Juárez, Marcos César Nicolás Santos
Soave, Guillermo Enrique
Habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in South American airports
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Bird strikes
Grass management
Habitat management
Human-wildlife conflicts
Wildlife hazard
description The concentration of birds around airports has significantly increased the occurrence of aeronautical accidents worldwide. One of the main techniques to modify the avian habitat in airports, and therefore exert controls over bird population density, is to regulate the height of surrounding grasslands. The objective of this work was to record the seasonal use of habitat by birds in an airfield in Argentina, and to evaluate the effect of grassland height in the abundance of different components of the avian community. A total of 44 sampling events were carried out between October 2005 and July 2011, comprising all seasons. Short grassland areas (≤ 30 cm), registered 53 % of the total bird abundance, and were consistently for all seasons the most utilized habitat by those species that registered the highest abundances (e.g. Milvago chimango and Vanellus chilensis) and that pose a highest risk to aerial operations. In general, the species Patagioenas picazuro, Zenaida auriculata, Myiopsitta monachus and Sturnus vulgaris also made preferential use of short grassland areas rather than tall grasslands. Maintaining grassland areas at heights > 30 cm, might be a successful habitat manipulation strategy and represent a tool to control birds in South American airports. In turn, this would be a relatively simple and economic management strategy.
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author Marateo, Javier Silvio Germán
Grilli, Pablo Gervasio
Bouzas, Nancy
Ferretti, Vanina
Juárez, Marcos César Nicolás Santos
Soave, Guillermo Enrique
author_facet Marateo, Javier Silvio Germán
Grilli, Pablo Gervasio
Bouzas, Nancy
Ferretti, Vanina
Juárez, Marcos César Nicolás Santos
Soave, Guillermo Enrique
author_sort Marateo, Javier Silvio Germán
title Habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in South American airports
title_short Habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in South American airports
title_full Habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in South American airports
title_fullStr Habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in South American airports
title_full_unstemmed Habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in South American airports
title_sort habitat use by birds in airports: a case study and its implications for bird management in south american airports
publishDate 2015
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86192
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