Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Abstract: The
expansion of outdoor recreational activities has increased
greatly the interaction between the public and waterfowl and
waterfowl habitat. The effects of these interactions on
waterfowl habitats are more visible and obvious, whereas the
effects of interactions which disrupt the normal behavior of
waterfowl are more subtle and often overlooked, but perhaps no
less of a problem than destruction of habitat. Resource managers
and administrators require information on the types, magnitude,
and potential effects of disturbances that will affect human use
of and access to wildlife resources. This bibliography contains
excerpts or annotations from 211 articles that contained
information about effects of human disturbances on waterfowl.
Indices are provided for subject/keywords, geographic locations,
species of waterfowl, and authors used in this bibliography.
Increases in human population, transportation, recreational
boating, industrial and residential developm