Alert distance measurement

Subcategory: behavioral response

Standard reference: Blumstein (2003) and Blumstein et al. (2004)

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Description

Field measurement of the distance at which birds first orientate to an approaching threat, used as a proxy for detection distance across multiple species and geographic regions.

Typical Equipment

Published literature sources
Species databases

Output Measurements

alert distance
starting distance

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

article

Inter-specific variation in avian responses to human disturbance

2005Journal of Applied Ecologyusing