The behavioural response of australian fur seals to motor boat noise

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Tripovich, Joy S ^a   Hall Aspland, Sophie ^b   Charrier, Isabelle ^c   Arnould, John P Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR BOAT NOISE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND INTENSITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHIP; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS DORIFERUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FUR SEALS; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NOISE; OBSERVATION; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84862064870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037228     Document Type: Article

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