The rapid development of birdwatching in mainland China: A new force for bird study and conservation

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-269

  Ma, Zhijun ^a,b   Cheng, Yixin ^c   Wang, Junyan ^a   Fu, Xinghua ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d China Coal Construction Group   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOTOURISM; ENDEMISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CHINA;

AVES;

EID: 84878330708     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270912000378     Document Type: Article

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