Rovers minimize human disturbance in research on wild animals.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Behavior, Animal
- Heart Rate
- Human Activities
- Robotics
- Spheniscidae
- Stress, Physiological