Using wildlife fright information to inform trail planning
Start Date
3-2-2020 2:00 PM
End Date
3-2-2020 2:10 PM
Abstract
In 2017 I completed a recreation ecology literature review that included information on various wildlife species' Flight Initiation Distance (FID), or the distance between a person and an animal at which point the animal flees. The review covered many topics at a higher level. To inform trail planning and publish a peer-reviewed journal article, I took a closer look at the FID literature and located numerous additional references. I will briefly summarize the updated findings and present several hypothetical scenarios in which we applied FID information to reduce recreational effects on wildlife while still providing quality visitor experiences in nature.
Subjects
Animal ecology, Conservation biology, Wildlife biology
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33843
Using wildlife fright information to inform trail planning
In 2017 I completed a recreation ecology literature review that included information on various wildlife species' Flight Initiation Distance (FID), or the distance between a person and an animal at which point the animal flees. The review covered many topics at a higher level. To inform trail planning and publish a peer-reviewed journal article, I took a closer look at the FID literature and located numerous additional references. I will briefly summarize the updated findings and present several hypothetical scenarios in which we applied FID information to reduce recreational effects on wildlife while still providing quality visitor experiences in nature.
