Using social media to measure the contribution of red list species to the nature-based tourism potential of african protected areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Willemen, Louise ^a   Cottam, Andrew J ^b   Drakou, Evangelia G ^b,e   Burgess, Neil D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; CHEETAH; ELEPHANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS; KENYA; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; LEOPARD; LIMOSA LIMOSA; LION; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMAL; MILVUS MILVUS; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; NONHUMAN; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PENGUIN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; SHARK; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPERM WHALE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; TOURISM; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; AFRICA; REFUGIUM; TRAVEL; WILDERNESS;

ANIMALIA; LOXODONTA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

AFRICA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REFUGIUM; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRAVEL; WILDERNESS;

EID: 84935511904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129785     Document Type: Article

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