Search Results - "Seamans, Thomas W."

Responses of turkey vultures to unmanned aircraft systems vary by platform by Pfeiffer, Morgan B., Blackwell, Bradley F., Seamans, Thomas W., Buckingham, Bruce N., Hoblet, Joshua L., Baumhardt, Patrice E., DeVault, Travis L., Fernández-Juricic, Esteban

“…A challenge that conservation practitioners face is manipulating behavior of nuisance species. The turkey vulture ( Cathartes aura ) can cause substantial…”
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Effects of Vehicle Speed on Flight Initiation by Turkey Vultures: Implications for Bird-Vehicle Collisions by DeVault, Travis L, Blackwell, Bradley F, Seamans, Thomas W, Lima, Steven L, Fernández-Juricic, Esteban, Iwaniuk, Andrew

“…The avoidance of motorized vehicles is a common challenge for birds in the modern world. Birds appear to rely on antipredator behaviors to avoid vehicles, but…”
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Frontal vehicle illumination via rear‐facing lighting reduces potential for collisions with white‐tailed deer by DeVault, Travis L., Seamans, Thomas W., Blackwell, Bradley F.

“…Animal–vehicle collisions cause many millions of animal deaths each year worldwide and present a substantial safety risk to people. In the United States and…”
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White-tailed deer response to vehicle approach: evidence of unclear and present danger by Blackwell, Bradley F, Seamans, Thomas W, DeVault, Travis L

“…The fundamental causes of animal-vehicle collisions are unclear, particularly at the level of animal detection of approaching vehicles and decision-making…”
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Social information affects Canada goose alert and escape responses to vehicle approach: implications for animal-vehicle collisions by Blackwell, Bradley F, Seamans, Thomas W, DeVault, Travis L, Lima, Steven L, Pfeiffer, Morgan B, Fernández-Juricic, Esteban

“…Animal-vehicle collisions represent substantial sources of mortality for a variety of taxa and can pose hazards to property and human health. But there is…”
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Scavenger removal of bird carcasses at simulated wind turbines: Does carcass type matter? by DeVault, Travis L., Seamans, Thomas W., Linnell, Kimberly E., Sparks, Dale W., Beasley, James C.

“…Wind energy development can negatively impact bird populations due to bird–turbine collisions. To accurately estimate bird mortality at wind farms, the number…”
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Speed kills: ineffective avian escape responses to oncoming vehicles by DeVault, Travis L., Blackwell, Bradley F., Seamans, Thomas W., Lima, Steven L., Fernández-Juricic, Esteban

“…Animal–vehicle collisions cause high levels of vertebrate mortality worldwide, and what goes wrong when animals fail to escape and ultimately collide with…”
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Identification of off airport interspecific avian hazards to aircraft by DeVault, Travis L., Blackwell, Bradley F., Seamans, Thomas W., Belant, Jerrold L.

“…Understanding relative hazards of wildlife to aircraft is important for developing effective management programs that can minimize hazards from wildlife…”
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Avian Responses to Aircraft in an Airport Environment by BLACKWELL, BRADLEY F., SEAMANS, THOMAS W., FERNÁNDEZ-JURICIC, ESTEBAN, DeVAULT, TRAVIS L., OUTWARD, RANDY J.

“…Understanding how free-ranging birds react to approaching aircraft can provide the foundation for predicting and mitigating risk of bird strikes. We…”
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Deciphering interactions between white-tailed deer and approaching vehicles by Pfeiffer, Morgan B., Iglay, Raymond B., Seamans, Thomas W., Blackwell, Bradley F., DeVault, Travis L.

“…•We applied anitpredator theory to white-tailed deer reactions to oncoming vehicles.•328 opportunistic vehicles approaches towards white-tailed deer were…”
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Exploiting avian vision with aircraft lighting to reduce bird strikes by Blackwell, Bradley F., DeVault, Travis L., Seamans, Thomas W., Lima, Steven L., Baumhardt, Patrice, Fernández-Juricic, Esteban

“…1. Bird—aircraft collisions (bird strikes) represent a substantial safety concern and financial burden to civil aviation world-wide. Despite an increase in the…”
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Importance of landfills to urban-nesting herring and ring-billed gulls by Belant, Jerrold L, Ickes, Sheri K, Seamans, Thomas W

“…Little information exists on the importance of landfills to urban gulls and the influence landfills have on the establishment of urban-nesting gull colonies…”
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Bird use of solar photovoltaic installations at US airports: Implications for aviation safety by DeVault, Travis L., Seamans, Thomas W., Schmidt, Jason A., Belant, Jerrold L., Blackwell, Bradley F., Mooers, Nicole, Tyson, Laura A., Van Pelt, Lolita

“…•Several airports have recently installed photovoltaic arrays on their properties.•We studied bird use of photovoltaic arrays and airport grasslands in three…”
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Predator scent and visual cue applied to nest boxes fail to dissuade European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) from nesting by Blackwell, Bradley F., Seamans, Thomas W., Pfeiffer, Morgan B., Buckingham, Bruce N.

“…Indirect predator cues have been shown to enhance perceived nest predation risk in both open-cup and cavity-nesting birds. We hypothesized that scent from the…”
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Foraging preferences of Canada geese among turfgrasses: Implications for reducing human-goose conflicts by Washburn, Brian E., Seamans, Thomas W.

“…Canada geese (Branta canadensis) can cause serious damage to turfgrass areas and create human health and safety concerns (e.g., collisions with aircraft,…”
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Avian visual system configuration and behavioural response to object approach by Blackwell, Bradley F., Fernández-Juricic, Esteban, Seamans, Thomas W., Dolan, Tracy

“…Antipredator behaviour theory provides a framework to understand the mechanisms behind human–wildlife interactions; however, little is known about the role of…”
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Effects of visual obstruction, prey resources, and satiety on bird use of simulated airport grasslands by Blackwell, Bradley F., Seamans, Thomas W., Linnell, Kimberly, Kutschbach-Brohl, Lisa, DeVault, Travis L.

“…•Grassland birds can pose hazards to aviation safety.•Visually-obstructive vegetation and control of food resources are advised as deterrents.•An empirical…”
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Bird use of grain fields and implications for habitat management at airports by Iglay, Raymond B., Buckingham, Bruce N., Seamans, Thomas W., Martin, James A., Blackwell, Bradley F., Belant, Jerrold L., DeVault, Travis L.

“…•Row crop type and height affect bird use and influence bird-aircraft strike risk.•Corn and wheat fields pose greater threats to aircraft than soybean…”
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Assessing Chemical Control of Earthworms at Airports by Thomas W. Seamans, Bradley F. Blackwell, Glen E. Bernhardt, Daniel A. Potter

“…Earthworms originating from Europe (e.g.,Lumbricusspp.,Aporrectodeaspp.), which are common in the United States and southern Canada can create hazardous…”
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Enhancing the Perceived Threat of Vehicle Approach to Deer by Blackwell, Bradley F, Seamans, Thomas W

“…In North America and Europe, deer (Cervidae)–vehicle collisions (DVCs) are common and result not only in injury and death to the animals involved, but also…”
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