Individual variability of behavioural responses by Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) to human disturbance

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-260

  De Villiers, Marienne S ^a   Cooper, John ^a   Ryan, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; WORLD;

DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 16444362737     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0682-5     Document Type: Article

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