Bird–aircraft collisions (bird strikes) represent a substantial safety concern and financial
burden to civil aviation world‐wide. Despite an increase in the rate of damaging bird strikes, …

Background Avian collisions with man-made objects and vehicles (eg, buildings, cars,
airplanes, power lines) have increased recently. Lights have been proposed to alert birds and …

Several species of the most diverse avian order, Passeriformes, specialize in foraging on
passive prey, although relatively little is known about their visual systems. We tested whether …

A challenge that conservation practitioners face is manipulating behavior of nuisance species.
The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) can cause substantial damage to aircraft if struck. The …

Color vision is not uniform across the retina because of differences in photoreceptor density
and distribution. Retinal areas with a high density of cone photoreceptors may overlap with …

Collisions between birds and aircraft (bird strikes) pose safety risks to the public, cost airports
and airlines money, and result in liability issues. Recent research suggests that aircraft …

Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), a biennial species, is considered to be among the most
troublesome of the invasive plants in the Eastern Deciduous forest of North America. It has …

The keen visual systems of birds have been relatively well-studied. The foundations of avian
vision rest on their cone and rod photoreceptors. Most birds use four cone photoreceptor …

Avian vision is fundamentally different from human vision; however, even within birds there
are substantial between-species differences in visual perception in terms of visual acuity, …

Background Male and female avian brood parasites are subject to different selection pressures:
males compete for mates but do not provide parental care or territories and only females …