Long-term field studies: Positive impacts and unintended consequences

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 772-778

  Strier, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyteles hypoxanthus; Conservation; Ethics; Noninvasive research; Northern muriquis; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHICS; FOOTPRINT; HEALTH RISK; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; REFORESTATION; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; BRAZIL; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD ANIMAL; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ATELINAE; BRAZIL; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; BRACHYTELES HYPOXANTHUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77954994992     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20830     Document Type: Article

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