Modeling the impacts of cetacean-focused tourism in Taiwan: Observations from cetacean watching boats: 2002-2005

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-66

  Tseng, Yung Ping ^a   Huang, Yu Chin ^c   Kyle, Gerard T ^b   Yang, Ming Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Avoidance behaviors; Cetacean watching; Cox proportional hazard model; Precautionary principle; Taiwan; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CETACEAN WATCHING; COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; TAIWAN; TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS;

HAZARDS; MANAGEMENT;

BOATS;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BOATING; CETACEAN; ECOTOURISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KILLER WHALE; NONHUMAN; SPERM WHALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STENELLA; TAIWAN; TOURISM; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CETACEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECREATION; REPRODUCTION; SHIPS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; TRAVEL;

TAIWAN;

CETACEA;

EID: 79151471163     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9567-2     Document Type: Article

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