An Experimental Assessment of Vehicle Disturbance Effects on Migratory Shorebirds

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Tarr, Nathan M., Simons, Theodore R., Pollock, Kenneth H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Swash; Calidris alba; Sanderling
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/2009-105; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2193%2F2009-105

ABSTRACT Off‐road vehicle (ORV) traffic is one of several forms of disturbance thought to affect shorebirds at migration stopover sites. Attempts to measure disturbance effects on shorebird habitat use and behavior at stopover sites are difficult because ORV disturbance is frequently confounded with...