Ardea
Official journal of the Netherlands Ornithologists' Union

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Coleman R.A., Salmon N.A. & Hawkins S.J. (2003) Sub-dispersive human disturbance of foraging Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus. ARDEA 91 (2): 263-268
Disturbance of foraging shorebirds is a known impact of human use of shorelines. Most previous work examined disturbances which caused dispersal of foraging or roosting animals, and used an uncontrolled correlative approach. In a preliminary study using experimental methods, we show that feeding birds when disturbed, but not dispersed, can show behavioural modifications and suffer reduced foraging success


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