Physiological and behavioral differences in magellanic Penguin chicks in undisturbed and tourist-visited locations of a colony

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1571-1577

  Walker, Brian G ^a,b   Dee Boersma, P ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Ecotourism; Human disturbance; Spheniscus magellanicus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD; TOURISM;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 19944414148     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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