Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
This is a general paper summarizing some of the human disturbances to waterfowl, with descriptions of the use and conflicts at several reservoirs as examples. Key words mentioned are roosting or feeding waterfowl, bird-watchers, water-based recreation, boating, time-zoning of use, space zoning, refuge, flight, energetic costs, fishermen, waterfowl counts, scare distance for mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), and "compensatory conservation."