Purity and Prejudice: Deluding Ourselves About Biodiversity Conservation

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 566-568

  Sheil, Douglas ^a,b   Meijaard, Erik ^c,d  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias; Conservation; Psychology; Tainted nature delusion; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COGNITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77956459503     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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