Las Islas de los Changos (the Monkey Islands): The economic impact of ecotourism in the Region of Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-506

  Serio Silva, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Catemaco; Economic impact; Ecotourism; Macaques; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACACA; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACACA; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL;

LAKE CATEMACO; LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

BOS TAURUS; MACACA; MACACA ARCTOIDES; PRIMATES;

EID: 33646543720     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20245     Document Type: Article

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