Ecotourism effects on health and immunity of Magellanic penguins at two reproductive colonies with disparate touristic regimes and population trends | Zendy

María G. Palacios | Zendy; Verónica L. D’Amico | Zendy; Marcelo Bertellotti | Zendy

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Ecotourism effects on health and immunity of Magellanic penguins at two reproductive colonies with disparate touristic regimes and population trends

Author(s) -

María G. Palacios,

Verónica L. D’Amico,

Marcelo Bertellotti

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coy060

Subject(s) - population , ecotourism , biology , tourism , wildlife , ecology , demography , immunology , zoology , geography , environmental health , medicine , archaeology , sociology

Understanding the actual effects of ecotourism on wildlife is critical. Penguin adults and chicks exposed to higher-intensity ecotourism in a declining colony showed physiological indicators of chronic stress, altered immunity, and poor general health compared to non-visited within-colony controls and to individuals exposed to lower-intensity ecotourism in a growing colony.

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