Landscape Management on Airports for Reduction of Bird Populations,

Abstract

By special provisions of landscape management it was possible to reduce the number of birdstrikes on German military airfields; on civil airports the birdstrike situation has been improving slowly over the past few years. Agricultural use and pasturing on airfields/airports has been forbidden on grassland areas special methods of grass mowing have been practized e.g. long-grass-procedure and/or use of growth inhibitors. Large areas have been afforested with small/low woods with a high density; heater and swamp/bog areas have been promoted. So an exchange of large birds against small size birds could be reached. In the airport surroundings it was necessary to eliminate all areas attractive for birds; especially with respect to artificial lakes detailed provisions and landscape management has been carried out to minimize bird-strike risk during approach and climbing.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 1984
Accession Number
ADP004194

Entities

People

  • J. Hild

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Bird Strikes
  • Climbing
  • Hazards
  • High Density
  • Inhibitors
  • Landing Fields
  • Risk
  • South Carolina
  • Training
  • Training Management
  • Vulnerability
  • Wildlife
  • Workshops

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.