Impact of disturbance on waterfowl wintering in a UK dockland redevelopment area

Environmental Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-213

  Marsden, Stuart J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aythya; Disturbance; Diving duck; Docklands; Feeding activity; Urban

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOWL; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AYTHYA FERINA; AYTHYA FULIGULA;

EID: 0033917784     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002670010082     Document Type: Article

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