Recommendations for protecting raptors from human disturbance: A review

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 634-638

  Richardson, Cary T ^a,b   Miller, Clinton K ^a,c,d,e  

^a Operations Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer zones; Closures; Conservation management; Flushing distance; Human disturbance; Raptor

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN IMPACT; RAPTOR CONSERVATION;

AQUILA; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO MEXICANUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0030781342     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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