Modelling the biological significance of behavioural change in coastal bottlenose dolphins in response to disturbance

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-322

  New, Leslie F ^a,b,e   Harwood, John ^b   Thomas, Len ^b   Donovan, Carl ^b   Clark, James S ^c   Hastie, Gordon ^b   Thompson, Paul M ^d   Cheney, Barbara ^d   Scott Hayward, Lindesay ^b   Lusseau, David ^d  

^a Marine Mammal Commission   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cumulative effects; Health; Management; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MORAY FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84875585476     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12052     Document Type: Article

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