Ecotourism disturbance to wildfowl in protected areas: Historical, empirical and experimental approaches in the Camargue, Southern France

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3633-3651

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Blanc, Romain ^a,b   Lucas, Christelle ^b   Lepley, Michel ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b Les Marais du Vigueirat   (France)

Author keywords

Anas crecca; Anatidae; Camargue; Ecotourism; Human disturbance; Protected areas; Sustainability; Teal; Wildfowl; Winter

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAMEBIRD; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS CRECCA; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 36148967284     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9160-z     Document Type: Article

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