Dall's sheep responses to overflights by helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft

Biological Conservation

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-399

  Frid, Alejandro ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dall's sheep; Fixed wing overflights; Fleeing responses; Helicopter overflights; Human disturbance

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BODY CONDITION; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHEEP;

CANADA;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI DALLI;

EID: 0037400088     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00236-7     Document Type: Article

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