Effects of Humans on Behaviour of Wildlife Exceed Those of Natural Predators in a Landscape of Fear

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ciuti, Simone ^a   Northrup, Joseph M ^b   Muhly, Tyler B ^c   Simi, Silvia ^a   Musiani, Marco ^d   Pitt, Justin A ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; RECREATION; RED DEER; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TRAFFIC;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AUTOMOBILES; FEAR; HERBIVORY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RUMINANTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84870386825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050611     Document Type: Article

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