Factors affecting escape distances of staging waterbirds

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Laursen, Karsten ^a   Kahlert, Johnny ^a   Frikke, John ^b  

^a National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark   (Denmark)

^b Ribe County   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass; Disturbance; Flock size; Hunting; Reserve models; Weather

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; ANSER SP.; LARUS CANUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 16244380230     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2005)11[13:FAEDOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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