Managing wildlife for people or people for wildlife? A case study of dingoes and tourism on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia

Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 139-155

  Burns, Georgette Leah ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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