Risk frames on shark diving websites: Implications for global shark conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Gore, Meredith L ^a   Muter, Bret A ^a   Lapinski, Maria Knight ^a   Neuberger, Lindsay ^a   van der Heide, Brandon ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation criminology; Content analysis; Human dimensions; Risk communication; Risk frames

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHARK; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 79952721123     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1171     Document Type: Article

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