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: Fish and Wildlife Conservation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: anti-predator behavior; buffer zones; Cape Cod; common tern; disturbance; flight initiation distance; roseate tern; staging; Fid; Common tern
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99164; https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21594

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 (pedestrians) dist...