An experimental study of numerical and behavioural responses of spring staging dabbling ducks to human pedestrian disturbance

Wildfowl

Volumn , Issue SPECIAL ISSUE 2, 2009, Pages 131-142

  Bregnballe, Thomas ^a   Speich, Charlotte ^a   Horsten, Anders ^a   Fox, Anthony D ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Shoveler; Teal; Wetland; Wigeon

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; PEDESTRIAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

DENMARK; SKJERN DELTA;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; AVES;

EID: 77249174460     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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