Testing the effects of recreational disturbance on two upland breeding waders

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 45-55

  Pearce Higgins, J W ^a   Finney, S K ^a   Yalden, D W ^b   Langston, R H W ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT USE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; UPLAND REGION; WADER;

CALIDRIS ALPINA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33847400645     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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