Short-term responses of king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus to helicopter disturbance at South Georgia

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1521-1530

  Hughes, Kevin A ^a   Waluda, Claire M ^a   Stone, Richard E ^a   Ridout, Martin S ^b   Shears, John R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; Behaviour; Disturbance; Helicopter; King penguin; Overflight

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; SEABIRD;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 53949106974     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0492-2     Document Type: Article

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