https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2012.139

Evaluation of an aerial scaring device for birds damage prevention to agricultural crops

Vol. 82 No. 1-2 (2012)
Submitted: 10 October 2014
Accepted: 10 October 2014
Published: 30 September 2012
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Francesco Santilli
perdix@alice.it
Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali. Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Silvio Azara
Tecnico faunista, Pisa, Italy.
Lorenzo Galardi
Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo e l’Innovazione nel Settore Agricolo-forestale, Firenze, Italy.
Luca Gorreri
Ente Parco Regionale Migliarino, Pisa, Italy.
Antonio Perfetti
Ente Parco Regionale Migliarino, Pisa, Italy.
Marco Bagliacca
Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali. Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Many kinds of agricultural crops can be damaged by bird species. Visual devices as eye spotted balloons and flashing tapes have became quite popular in the last few years (Conover, 2002; Gorreri & Moscardini, 1997). Most of them are effective only for short periods and in small areas, since habituation generally occurs after a few days, due to the immobility of this kind of systems. A promising visual tool is Alsopp Helikite®. It is a 0.9-m diameter heliumfilled balloon with a kite and stabilizer attached that allows flights in high winds. (Santilli et alii, 2004; Seaman et alii, 2002). For these reasons our purpose was to conduct field evaluations of the Helikite efficacy in areas with sprouting corn and ripening sunflowers. Our null hypothesis was that damages would not decrease in response to the device.

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Santilli, F., Azara, S., Galardi, L., Gorreri, L., Perfetti, A., & Bagliacca, M. (2012). Evaluation of an aerial scaring device for birds damage prevention to agricultural crops. Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 82(1-2). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2012.139

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