Annotated Bibliography 150. Owen, M. 1972. Some factors affecting food intake and selection in white-fronted geese.
Many factors affect disturbance.
It is well known that quarry species become less wary after the end of the shooting season. Wariness of a flock of greater white-fronted geese feeding in an area may depend on a tradition of disturbance in that area as well as actual disturbing influences at any particular time. Level of disturbance is important in limiting time available for feeding whether or not disturbance is actual and the birds are put to flight. Any enforced increase in these activities compels birds to feed at night, possibly lose weight, and desert the feeding area.