Behaviour and breeding success of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua in areas of low and high human activity

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 399-412

  Holmes, Nick D ^a   Giese, Melissa ^b,d   Achurch, Helen ^b,e   Robinson, Sue ^c   Kriwoken, Lorne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c Nature Conservation Branch   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^e OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITUATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33645344637     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-005-0070-9     Document Type: Article

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