Visitors or Visits? An Examination of Zoo Visitor Numbers Using the Case Study of Australia

Zoo Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Smith, Liam ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Visitor numbers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; STATISTICS; ZOO ANIMAL; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 84873725616     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21013     Document Type: Article

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