Wading bird response to recreational boat traffic: Does flushing translate into avoidance?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1383-1391

  Peters, Kimberly A ^a,c   Otis, David L ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Jersey Audubon Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Boats; Human disturbance; South Carolina; Tidal creeks; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BOATING; FITNESS; FLUSHING; HABITAT USE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TIDAL CHANNEL; WADER;

CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES; EGRETTA THULA; NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA;

EID: 33846814980     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1383:WBRTRB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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