Pilot test on vegetal cover change to reduce wildlife attraction at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport

AENA. Collaboration with Moix. 2016 – 2017

Sowing of 1ha plot with grasses that carry endophytic fungi. These endophytes produce repellent substances that give plants a bad taste so they are avoided by birds and other herbivores. Monitoring during one year of the presence of insects and birds in the plot and a control plot.

Tag: Wildlife risk in airports, bird collisions, bird danger, birdstrike, wildlife conflicts, wildlife risk management programme

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