Flight responses of park fallow deer to the human observer

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Recarte, J M ^a   Vincent, J P ^a   Hewison, A J M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dama dama; Disturbance; Fallow deer; Flight; Habituation; Human animal relationship

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; STRESS;

DAMA DAMA;

EID: 0032429404     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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