Buffer zone distances to protect foraging and loafing waterbirds from disturbance by airboats in Florida

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-443

  Rodgers Jr , James A ^a   Schwikert, Stephen T ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airboat; Buffer zones; Disturbance; Florida; Raptors; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

BOATING; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; RAPTOR; WATERFOWL;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ARDEA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; EGRETTA TRICOLOR; FALCONIFORMES; GASTROPODA; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; PELECANIFORMES; RAPTORES; ROSTRHAMUS SOCIABILIS;

EID: 1342333647     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0437:BZDTPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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