Finding beauty in the dragon: The role of dragonflies in recreation and tourism

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-145

  Lemelin, R Harvey ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dragonflies; Ecotourism; Insects; Odonata; Recreation; Tourism

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DRAGONFLY; ECOTOURISM; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 34548678188     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/joe161.0     Document Type: Article

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