The effects of vehicle passage on foraging behavior of wading birds

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-436

  Stolen, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardeidae; Ciconiiformes; Ecotourism; Foraging behavior; Great Egret; Habituation; Human disturbance; Snowy Egret; Tricolored Heron

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ECOTOURISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; WADER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA; MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; EGRETTA THULA; EGRETTA TRICOLOR; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 1442266699     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0429:TEOVPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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