Set-back Distances to protect nesting and roosting seabirds off Vancouver Island from boat disturbance

Trudy Chatwin’s Master’s theses from Royal Roads University. ABSTRACT: In order to set guidelines that promote responsible wildlife viewing, I quantified the effects of boat-based disturbance to seabirds off Vancouver Island. Field trials recorded the approach distance at which roosting and nesting birds responded to either a motor boat or a kayak. Probability of agitation

Ecosystem Management : Inventory and Monitoring (Parks Canada)

We have selected portions of the following web source .http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/np-pn/eco/eco3.aspx See that page for the full account with photographs. See also the Report of the Panel on the Ecological Integrity of Canda’s national parks: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/pc/rpts/ie-ei/report-rapport_1.aspx Canada’s national parks provide a home for many plants and animals – from lilies to majestic forests, and from insects