Effects of simulated jet aircraft noise on heart rate and behavior of desert ungulates

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-61

  Weisenberger, Mara E ^a,c   Krausman, Paul R ^a   Wallace, Mark C ^a,d   De Young, Donald W ^b   Maughan, O Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c San Andres National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

aircraft; behavior; bighorn; desert mule deer; heart rate; mountain sheep; noise; Odocoileus hemionus; Ovis canadensis

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NOISE; DESERT MULE DEER; DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; MOUNTAIN SHEEP; MULE DEER;

ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CROOKI; OVIS CANADENSIS MEXICANA;

EID: 0029668180     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802039     Document Type: Article

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