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| Title | Rovers minimize human disturbance in research on wild animals. | Type | Journal Article | ||
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2014 | Publication | Nature methods | Abbreviated Journal | Nat. Methods |
| Volume | 11 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 1242-4 |
| Keywords | Adaptation, Psychological, Animals, Animals, Wild, Behavior, Animal, Heart Rate, Heart Rate: physiology, Human Activities, Humans, Robotics, Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae: physiology, Stress, Physiological, | ||||
| Abstract | Investigating wild animals while minimizing human disturbance remains an important methodological challenge. When approached by a remote-operated vehicle (rover) which can be equipped to make radio-frequency identifications, wild penguins had significantly lower and shorter stress responses (determined by heart rate and behavior) than when approached by humans. Upon immobilization, the rover-unlike humans-did not disorganize colony structure, and stress rapidly ceased. Thus, rovers can reduce human disturbance of wild animals and the resulting scientific bias.
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| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved. | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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| ISSN | 1548-7091 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | Approved | yes | |||
| Call Number | Serial | 5846 | |||
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