Impact of human nuisance disturbance on vigilance and group size of a social ungulate

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1830-1834

  Manor, Regev ^a   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Feral dogs; Fragmentation; Gazella gazella; Group size; Human disturbance; Israel; Mountain gazelle; Nuisance disturbance; Social structure; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; UNGULATE; VIGILANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GAZELLA; GAZELLA GAZELLA; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642333260     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/01-5354     Document Type: Article

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