Wildlife in Airport Environments: Appendix, Index and Back Cover

Authors

Michael L. Avery, USDA National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Jerrold L. Belant, Mississippi State University
Kristin M. Biondi, Mississippi State University
Bradley F. Blackwell, USDA National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Jonathon D. Cepek, USDA Wildlife Services
Larry Clark, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Tara J. Conkling, Mississippi State University
Scott R. Craven, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Paul D. Curtis, Cornell UniversityFollow
Travis L. DeVault, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Richard A. Dolbeer, USDA Wildlife ServicesFollow
David Felstul, U.S. Department of the Interior
Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Purdue UniversityFollow
Alan B. Franklin, USDA National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Sidney A. Gauthreaux Jr., Clemson UniversityFollow
Michael J. Lavelle, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
James A. Martin, Mississippi State University
Rebecca Mihalco, USDA Wildlife Services
Paige M. Schmidt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Thomas W. Seamans, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Kurt C. VerCauteren, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife ServicesFollow
Brian E. Washburn, USDA National Wildlife Research CenterFollow

Date of this Version

2013

Citation

From Wildlife in Airport Environments: Preventing Animal-Aircraft Collisions through Science-Based Management, ed. T.L. DeVault, B.F. Blackwell, & J.L. Belant (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013).

Comments

U.S. government work.

Abstract

In 1990, the 190 member nations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted, in Annex 14 to the Convention on Civil International Aviation, three recommended management practices regarding bird hazards to aviation. The recommended practices required that aviation authorities within each nation (1) assess the extent of the hazard posed by birds at and in the vicinity of airports certificated for passenger traffic, (2) take necessary action to decrease the number of birds, and (3) eliminate or prevent the establishment of any site in the vicinity of the airport that could attract birds and thereby present a danger to aviation. Because of the increasing threat posed by birds to aviation worldwide, member states voted to make these recommendations mandatory ICAO standards, effective November 2003. In 2009, ICAO expanded these standards to include terrestrial wildlife such as large mammals and reptiles that pose a risk at airports (ICAO 2009).