Increased tolerance to humans among disturbed wildlife

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Samia, Diogo S M ^a   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^b,c   Nomura, Fausto ^a   Rangel, Thiago F ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; BODY MASS; COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; LIZARD; MAMMAL; META-ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOLERANCE;

BIRD; DRIVER; HUMAN; LIZARD; MAMMAL; META ANALYSIS; SPECIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTELOPE; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUIDAE; LAGOMORPH; RURAL POPULATION; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; WILD ANIMAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; EQUIDAE; HUMANS; LAGOMORPHA; LIZARDS; RURAL POPULATION; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84947266025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9877     Document Type: Article

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