Multivariate behavioural response of harlequin ducks to aircraft disturbance in Labrador

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-35

  Goudie, R Ian ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Canonical variable; Covariance; Dose response; Jet aircraft noise; Multivariate analyses

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WATER;

BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE; CANONICAL VARIABLE; COVARIANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; JET AIRCRAFT NOISE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

AIRCRAFT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DISTURBANCE; NOISE;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TRAINING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 33745820334     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002724     Document Type: Article

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