Evidence of effects of human disturbance on alert response in Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 461-470

  Li, Chunwang ^a,b   Jiang, Zhigang ^a,b   Tang, Songhua ^a,b,c   Zeng, Yan ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alert distance; Elaphurus davidianus; Ex situ conservation; Head orientation; Human stimuli

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS;

EID: 38049070309     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20132     Document Type: Article

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