Concentration of fecal cortisol metabolites in chamois in relation to tourist pressure in Tatra National Park (South Poland)

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-222

  Zwijacz Kozica, Tomasz ^a   Selva, Nuria ^b   Barja, Isabel ^c   Silván, Gema ^d   Martínez Fernández, Leticia ^d   Illera, Juan Carlos ^d   Jodłowski, Miłosz ^e  

^a Tatra National Park   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Glucocorticoids; Human disturbance; Protected areas; Rupicapra rupicapra; Stress ecology

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FECES; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METABOLITE; NATIVE SPECIES; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SUBSPECIES; TOURISM;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; TATRAS NATIONAL PARK;

RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA TATRICA;

EID: 84875404430     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: 21903743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-012-0108-7     Document Type: Article

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