Creating advocates for mammal conservation through citizen science

Biological Conservation

Volumn 208, Issue , 2017, Pages 98-105

  Kays, Roland ^b,c   Baker, Megan ^a   Costello, Robert ^b  

^a Smithsonian Institution ^*

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Conservation attitudes; Informal education; Social network; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; EDUCATION; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHOTOGRAPH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL NETWORK; VIDEOGRAPHY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84978898077     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.025     Document Type: Article

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