Are vehicles 'mobile bird hides'?: A test of the hypothesis that 'cars cause less disturbance'
Are vehicles 'mobile bird hides'?: A test of the hypothesis that 'cars cause less disturbance'
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The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc
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We tested the 'cars cause less disturbance' hypothesis by comparing the flight-initiation distance (FID) evoked by a car versus a single walker for 38 species of waterbird (n = 657 standardised approaches). For the 15 species where we had sample size adequate for statistical testing (n ≥ 5), we found that cars elicited shorter responses after contr...
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Are vehicles 'mobile bird hides'?: A test of the hypothesis that 'cars cause less disturbance'
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0042-5184
