Effects of the Presence of Official-Looking Volunteers on Harassment of New Zealand Fur Seals;Efectos de la Presencia de Voluntarios en el Hostigamiento a Focas Finas de Nueva Zelanda

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-627

  Acevedo Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^a   Acevedo, Lisa ^b   Boren, Laura ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marine Mammal Consultants ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Marine mammals; Tourism management; Tourist experiment; Volunteers; Wildlife harassment

Indexed keywords

PINNIPED; STREAMWATER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WATERFALL; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEAL; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUR SEALS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955874774     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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