Do variations in scanning behavior affect tolerance to human disturbance?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-234

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a,c   Schroeder, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Buffer areas; Social foraging; Tourism; Vigilance; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOLERANCE; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; ZENAIDA AURICULATA;

EID: 10744222301     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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