Disturbance of waterfowl by boaters on pool 4 of the Upper Mississippi River national wildlife and fish refuge

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-331

  Rasmussen, Hallie ^a   Simpson, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boating; Migration; Upper mississippi river national wildlife and fish refuge; Waterfowl disturbance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOATING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUNTING; MIGRATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; WATERFOWL;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 77949334609     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920801963541     Document Type: Article

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