Tags on seabirds: How seriously are instrument-induced behaviours considered?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 559-571

  Vandenabeele, S P ^a   Wilson, R P ^a   Grogan, A ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Device effects; Logging technology; Seabirds; Tags; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE SIZE; SEABIRD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 80155159040     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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