Attitudes of Scottish City inhabitants to cetacean conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4335-4356

  Howard, C ^a,b   Parsons, E C M ^c,d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolphins; Pollution; Public opinion; Threats; Whales

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA;

EID: 33845763734     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-3740-6     Document Type: Article

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