Disturbance by traffic of breeding birds: Evaluation of the effect and considerations in planning and managing road corridors

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 567-581

  Reijnen, Rien ^a   Foppen, Ruud ^a   Veenbaas, Geesje ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

breeding bird populations; noise; road planning and management; traffic disturbance

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIRD; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; ROAD MANAGEMENT; ROAD PLANNING; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC IMPACT;

NETHERLANDS;

AVES;

EID: 0030618169     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018385312751     Document Type: Article

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