Behavioral responses of wildlife to human activity: Terminology and methods

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1263-1271

  Taylor, Audrey R ^a,b,c   Knight, Richard L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert distance; Behavioral responses; Distance moved; Flight distance; Human activity; Methodology; Terminology; Wildlife behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1642546593     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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