Managing the wildlife tourism commons

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 729-741

  Pirotta, Enrico ^a   Lusseau, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management error; Management regimes; Ommon pool resource; Overexploitation; Socioecological simulations; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; MODEL VALIDATION; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TRAVEL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 85047695662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0986.1     Document Type: Article

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