ECG response of koalas to tourists proximity: A preliminary study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a   Brooks, Lisa ^b   Yamamoto, Maki ^c   Kato, Akiko ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b Koala Conservation Centre   (Australia)

^c NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HABITAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; KOALA; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REST; TOURISM; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350708261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007378     Document Type: Article

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