Habituation and habitat changes can moderate the impacts of human disturbance on shorebird breeding performance

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-407

  Baudains, T P ^a   Lloyd, Penn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Incubation temperature; Nest attentiveness; Predation; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITUATION; INCUBATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS MARGINATUS; CORVIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547837363     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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