Ecotourism as a threatening process for wild orchids

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-47

  Ballantyne, Mark ^a   Pickering, Catherine ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

endangered plants; environmental impacts; nature based tourism; sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOURISM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAMPLING; WILD POPULATION;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84858168661     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: 17477638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2011.628398     Document Type: Review

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