Signage reduces the impact of human disturbance on little tern nesting success in Portugal

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Medeiros, Renata ^a,b   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Paiva, Vítor H ^a   Almeida, Ana ^c   Pedro, Patrícia ^a   Antunes, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b A ROCHA Associação Cristã de Estudo e Defesa Do Ambiente   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breeding parameters; Human disturbance; Logistic regression; Nest success; Signage; Sterna albifrons

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NESTING SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; STERNA ALBIFRONS;

EID: 33845489786     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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