Minimal changes in heart rate of incubating American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in response to human activity

Condor

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 493-503

  Borneman, Tracy E ^a   Rose, Eli T ^a   Simons, Theodore R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Oystercatcher; Artificial egg; Disturbance; Habituation; Heart rate; Human activity; Physiology; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908563426     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-14-48.1     Document Type: Article

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