Inter-specific variation in avian responses to human disturbance

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 943-953

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^b   Zollner, Patrick A ^c   Garity, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert distance; Conservation behaviour; Detection distance; Ecotourism; Flight initiation distance; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 28444482051     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01071.x     Document Type: Review

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