High individual consistency in fear of humans throughout the adult lifespan of rural and urban burrowing owls

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Carrete, Martina ^a,b   Tella, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; OWL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; STRIGIFORMES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84890746661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03524     Document Type: Article

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