Do birdwatchers care about bird disturbance?

Anthrozoos

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 305-317

  Weston, Michael A ^a   Guay, Patrick Jean ^b   McLeod, Emily M ^b   Miller, Kelly K ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecotourism; Flight initiation distance; Wildlife; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DISTURBANCE; ECOTOURISM; ETHICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84953849545     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: 17530377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927936.2015.11435404     Document Type: Article

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