Dabbling duck behavior and aircraft activity in coastal North Carolina

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1127-1134

  Conomy, John T ^a   Collazo, Jaime A ^a   Dubovsky, James A ^b   Fleming, W James ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c US Geological Survery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft disturbance; American black duck; American wigeon; Energy budgets; Gadwall; Greenwinged teal; North Carolina; Waterfowl; Winter

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; WILDFOWL;

NORTH CAROLINA; USA;

ANAS AMERICANA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS RUBRIPES; ANAS STREPERA;

EID: 0031925844     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802567     Document Type: Article

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