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Large Birds of Prey, Policies That Alter Food Availability and Air Traffic: a Risky Mix for Human Safety

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Raptors are considered to pose one of the greatest aviation bird strike risk. We investigated raptor bird strikes reported at the largest Spanish airport (Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas; AS-MB) from 2009 to 2016 to determine the factors contributing to the
Rubén Moreno-Opo, Antoni Margalida
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T. rex cognition was T. rex‐like—A critical outlook on diverging views of the neurocognitive evolution in dinosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract A recent debate has emerged between Caspar et al. (2024) and Herculano‐Houzel (2023) on inferring extinct dinosaur cognition by estimating brain neuron counts. While thought‐provoking, the discussion largely overlooks the function of cognition, as well as partly neglects the difficulties involved in estimating neuron numbers, which according ...
Thomas Rejsenhus Jensen, Ivo Jacobs, Kristina Kverková, Lona Lalić, Alexandra Polonyiová, Patrik Stehlík, Stephan A. Reber, Mathias Osvath   +7 more
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Experimental evaluation of bird strikes in urban air mobility [PDF]

CEAS Aeronautical Journal
Abstract Since the Wright brothers demonstrated the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight in 1903, the airspace has been shared between birds and humans. Novel aircraft and advanced mobility concepts such as urban air mobility (UAM) are emerging in full swing. In that concept, a safe and efficient aviation transportation system will
Devta, Aditya, Metz, Isabel Carole, Armanini, Sophie   +2 more
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Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille, Kyla Beguesse, Ewan Wolff, Clemens Zinner, Patrick Asbach, François Clarac, Florian Witzmann   +6 more
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Spatiotemporal patterns of bird strikes at civil airports across China inferred from DNA barcoding (2012–2024)

Avian Research
Wildlife strikes, particularly bird strikes, pose a persistent threat to aviation safety worldwide. Although wildlife aircraft collisions in North America and Europe airports have been extensively studied, large-scale assessments remain scarce in rapidly
Jie Zhang, Wan Chen, Jiajie Li, Yang Liu, Feng Zhang, Peng Li, Chaochao Hu, Qing Chang   +7 more
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New craniodental materials of Falcarius utahensis (Theropoda: Therizinosauria) reveal patterns of intraspecific variation and cranial evolution in early coelurosaurians

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite documented ecomorphological shifts toward an herbivorous diet in several coelurosaurian lineages, the evolutionary tempo and mode of these changes remain poorly understood, hampered by sparse cranial materials for early representatives of major clades. This is particularly true for Therizinosauria, with representative crania best known
William J. Freimuth, Lindsay E. Zanno
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Insect Communities as a Possible Driver of Bird Activity in the Grasslands of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport: Implications for Bird-Strike Prevention

Diversity
As one of the busiest airports in East China, effective bird-strike prevention is of paramount importance for Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. Ground-dwelling insects in airport grasslands serve as a critical food source for insectivorous birds ...
Chunlin An, Lei Han, Yingjun Wu, Huachao Xu   +3 more
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Re‐evaluation of a soft crested Edmontosaurin, with implications for hadrosaurid life appearance and diversity

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Hadrosaurid dinosaurs are generally regarded as “crested” or “non‐crested” depending on the presence or absence of a bony cranial crest. At least one supposedly “non‐crested” hadrosaur is known to have possessed a soft tissue cranial crest (or comb), based on an exceptionally preserved “mummified” specimen. Here we redescribe this specimen and
Henry S. Sharpe, Phil R. Bell, Ian Baylatry, Robin Sissons, Corwin Sullivan   +4 more
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Ecological management of bird strike risk in Hangzhou Airport, based on field survey and diet analysis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Bird strikes represent a significant hazard to aviation safety, with potential consequences including aircraft damage, operational disruptions, and safety risks.
Yixuan Ying, Guoheng Zhong, Lei Chen, Miaopin Lv, Shidi Qin, Xilai Zhou, Han Lv, Ke He   +7 more
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Bird control problem and bird strike analysis of Czech and Slovak airports [PDF]

Transport Problems, 2013
This article deals with the problem of bird control at airports in both the Czech and Slovak Republic. The result of so-called bird strike (aircraft/bird collision) can cause serious damage to the aircraft and even lead to the crash.
Martin HROMÁDKA
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