Tourist impact on Tibetan macaques

Anthrozoos

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-168

  Matheson, Megan D ^a   Sheeran, Lori K ^a   Li, Jin Hua ^b   Wagner, R Steven ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Aggression; China; Ecotourism; Habituation; Macaca thibetana

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA THIBETANA;

EID: 33748301966     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279306785593810     Document Type: Review

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