Effects of tourists on behavior and demography of olympic marmots

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1070-1081

  Griffin, Suzanne C ^a,c   Valois, Tanguy ^b   Taper, Mark L ^c   Scott Mills, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habituation; Human disturbance; Marmota olympus; National parks; Olympic marmot; Tourism effects

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY CONDITION; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; NATIONAL PARK; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RODENT; TOURISM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOTA; RECREATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA OLYMPUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 34447538010     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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