Bears Show a Physiological but Limited Behavioral Response to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2278-2283

  Ditmer, Mark A ^a   Vincent, John B ^a   Werden, Leland K ^a   Tanner, Jessie C ^a   Laske, Timothy G ^b,c   Iaizzo, Paul A ^c   Garshelis, David L ^d   Fieberg, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b St Jude Medical   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; BEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MINNESOTA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MINNESOTA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URSIDAE;

EID: 84940587197     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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