In Defense of the Ecotourism Shield: A Response to Geffroy et al

Affiliations

¹ Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Applied Biodiversity Science Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. Electronic address: lfitzgerald@tamu.edu.
² Ecoexist Project and Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, Applied Biodiversity Science Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

Comment

Lee A Fitzgerald et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;31(2):94-95.

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.002. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

¹ Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Applied Biodiversity Science Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. Electronic address: lfitzgerald@tamu.edu.
² Ecoexist Project and Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, Applied Biodiversity Science Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

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Keywords: biodiversity conservation; feralization; protected areas; sustainable tourism; transfer of habituation; wildlife conservation.

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How Nature-Based Tourism Might Increase Prey Vulnerability to Predators.
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