Assessing public engagement with science in a university primate research centre in a national zoo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bowler, Mark T ^a   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^b   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NATIONAL PARK; NATIONAL ZOO; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMATE; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; ZOO ANIMAL; ANIMAL; CONSUMER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; PRIMATES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84859308924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034505     Document Type: Article

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