Responses of nestling Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) to aquatic and terrestrial recreational activities: A manipulative study

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 554-565

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Zollner, Patrick A ^b   LeBlanc, Cherie ^c   Westphal, Lynne M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonial waterbirds; Frequency of disturbance; Human disturbance; Human wildlife coexistence; Recreational activities

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING POPULATION; NESTLING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 39449126220     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0554:RONBNH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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