Red deer Cervus elephus vigilance behaviour differs with habitat and type of human disturbance

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-91

  Jayakody, Sevvandi ^a,b   Sibbald, Angela M ^a   Gordon, Iain J ^c   Lambin, Xavier ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cervus elaphus; Human disturbance; Hunting; Predation risk; Recreation; Red deer; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 43049113884     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[81:RDCEVB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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