Tourist behavior and decibel levels correlate with threat frequency in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China

Primate Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Ruesto, Lucy A ^a   Sheeran, Lori K ^a   Matheson, Megan D ^a   Li, Jin Hua ^b   Wagner, R Steven ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

stress

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; MACACA; MACACA THIBETANA;

EID: 79955485786     PISSN: 08986207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1896/052.025.0115     Document Type: Article

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