The hidden cost of tourism: Detecting long-term effects of tourism using behavioral information

Ecology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Lussean, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Behavioral budget; Boat dolphin interactions; Boats; Bottlenose dolphin; Impact assessment; Long term effects; Markov chain modeling; Tourism; Tursiops truncatus; Whale watching

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CETACEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TOURISM;

AUSTRALASIA; MILFORD SOUND; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 4243075401     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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