A Population Accounting Approach to Assess Tourism Contributions to Conservation of IUCN-Redlisted Mammal Species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Buckley, Ralf C ^a   Castley, J Guy ^a   de Pegas, Fernanda Vasconcellos ^a   Mossaz, Alexa C ^a   Steven, Rochelle ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOURISM; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INTERNATIONALITY; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866321647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044134     Document Type: Article

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