Effects of recreation and hunting on flushing distance of capercaillie

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1784-1792

  Thiel, Dominik ^a,b   Ménoni, Emmanuel ^c   Brenot, Jean François ^c   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Flight initiation distance; Human disturbance; Stress; Tourism; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 41149130361     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-268     Document Type: Article

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