Modeling the effects of limiting the number of visitors on failure rates of seabird nests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2015-2019

  Beale, Colin M ^a,b   Monaghan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Common Guillemot; Hazard analysis; Nesting success; Tourist impact; Visitor access

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; NATURE RESERVE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TOURISM;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 33244486287     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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