Measuring ungulate tolerance to human with flight distance: A reliable visitor management tool?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3477-3488

  Malo, Juan E ^a   Acebes, Pablo ^a   Traba, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flagship species; Habituation; Human disturbance; Lama guanicoe; Tourism; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITUATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROTECTED AREA; RISK FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THRESHOLD; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; LAMA GUANICOE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81555203421     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0136-7     Document Type: Article

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