Animal behavioral adaptation to changing landscapes: Spring-staging geese habituate to wind farms

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1007-1011

  Madsen, Jesper ^a   Boertmann, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Disturbance; Habitat loss; Habituation; Landscape connectivity; Pink footed goose; Wind facility; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITUATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; WATERFOWL; WIND FARM;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; CYGNUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 54349094472     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9269-9     Document Type: Article

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