Effects of tourist disturbance on Wood Stork nesting success and breeding behavior in the Brazilian Pantanal

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-497

  Bouton, Shannon N ^a,d   Frederick, Peter C ^a   Rocha, Cristiano Dosualdo ^b   Barbosa Dos Santos, Alexandre T ^b   Bouton, Tara C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian Pantanal; Ciconiiformes; Conservation; Ecotourism; Human disturbance; Human intrusion; Management; Mycteria americana; Nesting Wood Storks

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WADER;

PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; MYCTERIA; MYCTERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 33646256344     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)28[487:EOTDOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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