Analysis of the capacity of google trends to measure interest in conservation topics and the role of online news

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Le Nghiem, T P ^a   Papworth, Sarah K ^b   Lim, Felix K S ^a   Carrasco, Luis R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT; INVASIVE SPECIES; ORANGUTAN; PUBLISHING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB BROWSER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84962774079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152802     Document Type: Article

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