Hikers unsettle bird life more than buses

Scientists have discovered that individual people on foot can be more disturbing to wildlife than a busload of sightseers.

Victoria University’s Dr Patrick-Jean Guay and Deakin University’s Dr Mike Weston studied the response of nearly 40 waterbird species to incursions into their wetland habitat by walkers, cyclists, cars and buses.

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