Heart rate responses provide an objective evaluation of human disturbance stimuli in breeding birds

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ellenberg, Ursula ^a   Mattern, Thomas ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heart rate telemetry; Human disturbance; Stress coping styles; Tourism impact; Wildlife management; Yellow eyed penguins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983568823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cot013     Document Type: Article

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