The rules and the reality of mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei tracking: How close do tourists get?

ORYX

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 428-433

  Sandbrook, Chris ^a   Semple, Stuart ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; Ecotourism; Gorilla beringei beringei; Impact management; Uganda; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOMONITORING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOTOURISM; HEALTH RISK; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; TRACKING;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 33846091561     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306001323     Document Type: Article

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