Responses of Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) to encounters with ecotourists while commuting to and from their breeding colony

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1303-1313

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Gochfeld, Michael ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Colony management; Human disturbance; Locomotion; Marching; Parental care; Response distance; Toboganning

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOTOURISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION; MITIGATION; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; TRAJECTORY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SNOW HILL ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34547851648     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0291-1     Document Type: Article

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