Understanding tourists' preference for mammal species in private protected areas: Is there a case for extralimital species for ecotourism?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Maciejewski, Kristine ^a   Kerley, Graham I H ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CHEETAH; ECOTOURISM; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FELIDAE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; LION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRESERVATION; PRIVATE PROTECTED AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOURISM;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANTS; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIONS; PANTHERA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84895535725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088192     Document Type: Article

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