Impacts on key behaviours
Key behaviours are defined here as those directly linked to survival or reproductive success. They include foraging activity, parental behaviours, such as incubating eggs or provisioning and defending offspring, and the movement or migratory patterns of wildlife. Effects described in this section do not cause immediate death of the target animal, but can do so indirectly (for instance interference with foraging activity may weaken animals, leaving them more susceptible to disease or predation). They mayalso cause death of the animal’s off spring.