Impact perceptions and acceptance capacity toward Piping Plovers Charadrius melodusamong visitors on a public beach in Nebraska, USA

“If we really disturbed them, they would leave”: Mountain sports participants and wildlife disturbance in the northern French Alps

“…According to the review, few studies have considered sociodemographic factors to investigate their influence on awareness of wildlife disturbance. The few studies that took it into account show that gender does not seem to influence the level of awareness (Haukeland et al, 2013;Jorgensen & Bomberger Brown, 2016. Age was also not significant in the same two studies, but Le Corre et al (2013) found that the older the population, the less aware people were of bird disturbance.…”

“…Age was also not significant in the same two studies, but Le Corre et al (2013) found that the older the population, the less aware people were of bird disturbance. Geographical origins had no effect on perceptions of the state of the environment or of disturbance in two studies (Jorgensen & Bomberger Brown, 2016;Prayag & Brittnacher, 2014). Three studies that explored the influence of education and occupation revealed that people with higher levels of education or in higher occupational categories were more aware of their impact on wildlife (Grossberg et al, 2003;Haukeland et al, 2013;Le Corre et al, 2013).…”

Managers and shorebird biologists' perceptions of enforcement and voluntary compliance techniques to increase compliance with dog regulations on beaches

“…Managers in the U.S. and Canada portions of the Atlantic Flyway believe there are non‐compliance issues with dog regulations, more so than other human activities that are regulated to restrict disturbance to shorebirds (Comber & Dayer, 2021b). Similarly in the Midcontinent Flyway of the U.S. and the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway, researchers have documented non‐compliance issues with regulations for dogs on beaches (Jorgensen & Brown, 2014, 2016; Maguire et al, 2019). Exacerbating concerns about non‐compliance, the COVID‐19 pandemic led to increased use of recreational areas (Hwang, 2020), as well as higher levels of dog ownership (Morgan et al, 2020) and closure of spaces typically set aside for dogs during lockdowns (Mayers, 2021).…”