Estimating cumulative exposure of wildlife to non-lethal disturbance using spatially explicit capture-recapture models

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 311-324

  Christiansen, Fredrik ^a,b,c   Bertulli, Chiara G ^d   Rasmussen, Marianne H ^d   Lusseau, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

cumulative effects; encounter intensity; encounter probability; habitat use; marine mammal; minke whale; photo ID; spatial ecology; tourism impact

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WHALE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84921499743     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.836     Document Type: Article

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