Stakeholder Perceptions of Potential Flagship Species for the Sacred Groves of the North Western Ghats, India

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-269

  Takahashi, Yasuo ^a   Veríssimo, Diogo ^a   MacMillan, Douglas C ^a   Godbole, Archana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Applied Environmental Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

community based conservation; flagship species; north Western Ghats; sacred grove; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864684282     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2012.675622     Document Type: Article

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