Habituation potential of yellow-eyed penguins depends on sex, character and previous experience with humans

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-296

  Ellenberg, Ursula ^a   Mattern, Thomas ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ecotourism; habituation; heart rate telemetry; human disturbance; individual differences; Megadyptes antipodes; personality; sensitization; temperament; yellow eyed penguin

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITUATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 58349107232     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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