We all appreciate the same animals: Cross-cultural comparison of human aesthetic preferences for snake species in Papua New Guinea and Europe

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-300

  Marešová, Jana ^a   Antonín, Krása ^b   Frynta, Daniel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTURAL CHANGE; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; SNAKE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 62749110741     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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