Responses to Human Intruders by Birds Nesting in Colonies: Experimental Results and Management Guidelines

Erwin, R.M.

doi:10.2307/1521318

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“…Populations of these species are being protected and enhanced by many of the same techniques described in this article, including protection of nesting sites from human disturbance and off-road vehicles and creation of nesting habitat from dredged materials (Buckley and Buckley 1976;Erwin 1980Erwin , 1989Britton 1982).…”

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Recovery strategies for piping plovers in managed coastal landscapes

1991

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Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) that nest and winter along the U.S. Atlantic coast are threatened by cumulative impacts of habitat loss and alteration, human disturbance, and predation. Coastal stabilization activities may degrade plover habitat by altering natural processes of dune and beach erosion and accretion. Dredging and beach nourishment projects may be beneficial or detrimental to plovers, depending on timing and location. Management strategies to reduce disturbance and mortality caused by beachgoers and off-road vehicles include fencing of nesting and brood-rearing areas, partial or complete beach closures to pedestrians or vehicles during the breeding season, restrictions on pets, and public education. Beaches where piping plovers nest are owned and managed by a variety of federal and state agencies, county and municipal governments, private conservation organizations, and individuals. The roles of these and other landowners and managers in plover recovery efforts are discussed. Wildlife biologists must work with coastal managers to implement multiple-use management strategies that include protection for piping plovers and their habitats.

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Recovery strategies for piping plovers in managed coastal landscapes

1991

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“…Internationally, FID data are available for a selection of birds, however, FIDs do not appear to be readily transferable across species (Gill, 2007;Holmes, Giese, & Kriwoken, 2005;Yasue, 2005). FIDs are available for some seabirds (Erwin, 1989;Rodgers & Smith, 1995, waterbirds (Battern, 1977;Burger et al, 2010;Erwin, 1989;Rodgers & Smith, 1995Vos et al, 1985), raptors (Holmes et al, 1993), and several comparative studies include other non-passerines and passerines (Blumstein, 2006;Moller, 2008). Current FID data available to managers are inadequate for setting meaningful buffers for Australian shorebirds.…”

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Towards ecologically meaningful and socially acceptable buffers: Response distances of shorebirds in Victoria, Australia, to human disturbance

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Weston

Maguire

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Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…The reaction of incubating birds to an approach is affected by starting distance, approach direction and speed (Burger & Gochfeld, 1981;Blumstein, 2003). We therefore maintained a starting distance of 100 m, and an approach speed of 0.5 m s À1 (Erwin, 1989;Rodgers & Smith, 1995) on a direct approach for each experiment. When the incubating bird responded by leaving the nest, the assistant began pacing towards the nest position in 1 m paces to obtain response distance.…”

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Habituation and habitat changes can moderate the impacts of human disturbance on shorebird breeding performance

Baudains

Lloyd

2007

Animal Conservation

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Disturbance by humans is widely expected to reduce the reproductive fitness of nesting birds if disturbance reduces nest attentiveness, and unattended eggs experience increased risk of predation or exposure to potentially lethal temperature extremes. Yet, relatively few studies have examined the physiological or behavioural mechanisms whereby disturbance influences reproductive fitness, or the extent to which the costs of disturbance may be reduced through habituation. We compared the behavioural responses, egg temperatures and reproductive success of shore-nesting white-fronted plovers Charadrius marginatus to disturbance at two breeding sites experiencing low versus high human recreational activity, respectively. Daytime nest attentiveness decreased with increasing experimental disturbance at both sites, but this relationship differed between sites; for any given level of disturbance, incubating birds at the more disturbed site had greater nest attentiveness. They achieved this through habituation, allowing a closer human approach before leaving the nest, and returning to the nest faster after a disturbance event. Despite lower average daytime nest attentiveness at the more disturbed site, incubation temperatures did not differ significantly between sites. Nest mortality, mostly by natural mammalian and corvid predators, was significantly lower at the site experiencing high recreational activity. However, chick mortality was significantly greater at the more disturbed site, most likely because of predation by domestic dogs. Chick mortality may have been increased by the habitation of chicks, whose escape responses were much reduced at the more disturbed site. Nonetheless, annual fecundity was substantially higher at the more disturbed site, showing that the overall reproductive fitness of wild birds is not always compromised by human disturbance and urbanization.

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Responses to Human Intruders by Birds Nesting in Colonies: Experimental Results and Management Guidelines

Cited by 59 publications

References 4 publications

Recovery strategies for piping plovers in managed coastal landscapes

Recovery strategies for piping plovers in managed coastal landscapes

Towards ecologically meaningful and socially acceptable buffers: Response distances of shorebirds in Victoria, Australia, to human disturbance

Habituation and habitat changes can moderate the impacts of human disturbance on shorebird breeding performance

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