Effects of human disturbance on the behavior and energetics of nonbreeding sanderlings
Human disturbance of avifauna and other wildlife is defined as any intentional or unintentional anthropogenic action that elicits a metabolic or behavioral response. I proposed that the energetic response to disturbance should be reflected as increased existence metabolism (EM). If so, then there mu...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39640 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10052007-143209/ |