The sensitivity of breeding Golden PloversPluvialis apricariato human intruders
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 36 (1) , 49-55
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658909477002
Abstract
The anxious calling (alarming) used by Golden Plovers when they are guarding their chicks has been exploited to determine the distance at which they are sensitive to human intruders. On average, they reached at a distance of 164 paces, approximately 187 m, though there was a significant difference in this distance between two study sites. There was also a modest difference with the stage through th chick-rearing period. Their sensitivity at such distances suggests that there may be an extensive zoner around well-used footpaths which they would be reluctant to occupy for breeding.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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