Using front-end and formative evaluation to design and test persuasive bird feeding warning signs

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-246

  Ballantyne, Roy ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Persuasive communication; Warning signs; Wildlife feeding

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; WARNING SYSTEM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES;

EID: 29544443923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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