The effect of investigator disturbance on egg laying, chick survival and fledging mass of short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) and little penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Vertigan, C ^a   McMahon, C R ^a,b   Andrews Goff, V ^a   Hindell, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Eudyptula minor; Investigator disturbance; Little penguin; Puffinus tenuirostris; Short tailed shearwater

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICK; EGG LAYING; EUDYPTULA MINOR; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PENGUIN; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS; RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84856405014     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/096272812799129493     Document Type: Article

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