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

Intuition is a poor guide for evaluating the effects of human disturbance on wildlife. Using the endangered Yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, as an example, we show that heart rate responses provide an objective tool to evaluate human disturbance stimuli and encourage the wider use of this...

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Autores principales: Ellenberg, Ursula, Mattern, Thomas, Seddon, Philip J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cot013