Illegal feeding increases risk of boat-strike and entanglement in Bottlenose Dolphins in Perth, Western Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Donaldson, R ^a   Finn, H ^a   Calver, M ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Conservation; Feeding wildlife; Human interaction; Operant conditioning; Provisioning; Tursiops; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DOLPHIN; INJURY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COCKBURN SOUND; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

TURSIOPS;

EID: 78649893508     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC100157     Document Type: Article

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