Compromise between seabird enjoyment and disturbance: The role of observed and observers

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-108

  Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a   Oro, Daniel ^a   Conesa, David ^b   Jiménez, Juan ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Grupo de Estadìstica Espacial y Temporal en Epidemiologìa y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c Generalital Valenciana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Evidence based decision making; Flight initiation distance; Ground nesting gulls; Habituation; Management; Wildlife observation

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFICS; DENSITY EFFECTS; DISTURBANCE; EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING; FLIGHT INITIATION DISTANCE; GROUND-NESTING GULLS; HABITUATION; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL AREAS; WILDLIFE OBSERVATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITUATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD; URBAN AREA;

AVES; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 49249103037     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892908004748     Document Type: Article

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