Evaluating response distances to develop buffer zones for staging terns

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Althouse, Melissa A., Cohen, Jonathan B., Karpanty, Sarah M., Spendelow, Jeffrey A., Davis, Kayla L., Parsons, Katharine C., Luttazi, Cristin F.
• Other Authors: National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Fid; Common tern
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21594; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.21594; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21594; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jwmg.21594; https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21594

ABSTRACT Buffer zones, calculated by flight‐initiation distance (FID), are often used to reduce anthropogenic disturbances to wildlife, but FID can vary significantly across life‐history stages. We examined the behavioral effect of potential natural (gulls and shorebirds) and anthropogenic (pedestri...