Factors affecting the behavioural responses of whooper swans (Cygnus c. cygnus) to various human activities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-382

  Rees, Eileen C ^a   Bruce, Jennifer H ^a   White, George T ^b  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GL2 7BT ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alert response; Cygnus c. cygnus; Disturbance factors; Feeding activity; Recovery rates; Spatial variation; Temporal variation; Whooper swans

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DISTURBANCE; FEEDING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS CYGNUS;

EID: 4444318175     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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