Testing the minimum approach distance guidelines for incubating Royal penguins Eudyptes schlegeli

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-350

  Holmes, Nick ^a,b   Giese, Melissa ^b   Kriwoken, Lorne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Eudyptes schlegeli; Heart rate; Human disturbance; Minimum approach distance; Royal penguins; Visitor management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD;

MACQUARIE ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; EUDYPTES SCHLEGELI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 24944566784     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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