Effects of human disturbance on penguins: The need for site-and species-specific visitor management guidelines

Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management: Insights from the Natural and Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 163-181

  Seddon, Philip ^a   Ellenberg, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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