Wildlife abundance and diversity as indicators of tourism potential in Northern Botswana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Winterbach, Christiaan W ^a,b   Whitesell, Carolyn ^b   Somers, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Tau Consultants (Pty) Ltd   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BOTSWANA; BUFFALO; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; ELAND; ELEPHANT; GIRAFFE; HIPPOPOTAMUS; HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS; HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER; IMPALA; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; KOBUS LECHE; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS; REDUNCA ARUNDINUM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYLVICAPRA GRIMMIA; TOURISM; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS; WILDEBEEST; WILDLIFE; ZEBRA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; BOTSWANA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RECREATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84943328893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135595     Document Type: Article

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