Evaluating methods to quantify anthropogenic stressors on wild animals

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 429-451

  Tarlow, Elisa M ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stressor; Breeding success; Disturbance; Flight initiation distance; Fluctuating asymmetry; Glucocorticoids; Human impact; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATE CHOICE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRECISION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845625616     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.040     Document Type: Article

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