The butterfly house industry: Conservation risks and education opportunities

Conservation and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-303

  Boppré, Michael ^a,c   Vane Wright, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alien species; ecoliteracy; edutainment; environmental risks; ethical standards; genetic mixing; insect conservation; insect trading

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84870036348     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.101831     Document Type: Review

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