Quantifying human disturbance on antipredator behavior and flush initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 129, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 146-152

  Li, Chunwang ^a,b   Monclús, Raquel ^b   Maul, Terry L ^c   Jiang, Zhigang ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flush distance; Marmota flaviventris; Pedestrians; Time budget; Tolerance distance; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PEDESTRIAN; RODENT; SURVIVAL; TIMESCALE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 78650963454     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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