The effect of recreational disturbance on an upland breeding bird, the golden plover Pluvialis apricaria

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-63

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

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countryside and rights of way act; Human activity; Reproductive performance; Waders

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; DISTURBANCE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 4143115781     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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