Use of "entertainment" chimpanzees in commercials distorts public perception regarding their conservation status

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Schroepfer, Kara K ^a   Rosati, Alexandra G ^a   Chartrand, Tanya ^a,b   Hare, Brian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PET ANIMAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD SPECIES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEISURE; PAN TROGLODYTES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MASS MEDIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PETS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80053983059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026048     Document Type: Article

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