Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril A Biological Evaluation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blumstein, Daniel T. (Editor), Geffroy, Benjamin (Editor), Samia, Diogo S. M. (Editor), Bessa, Eduardo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Tourism.; Management.; Behavioral sciences.; Zoology.; Environmental economics.; Popular Science.; Popular Life Sciences.; Tourism Management.; Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics.; Environmental Economics.; Behavioral Sciences.

Intended as a guide for wildlife managers and ecotourism operators, as well as interested ecotourists, this book addresses the biological principles governing how ecotourism affects wildlife. The introductory chapters focus on four key responses to human visitation—behavioral, physiological, ecologi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril
• Physiological and Behavioral Consequences of Human Visitation
• Ecological Consequences of Ecotourism for Wildlife Populations and Communities
• Transgenerational Consequences of Human Visitation
• Impacts of Fish Tourism
• Impacts of Marine Mammal Tourism
• Impacts of Terrestrial Animal Tourism
• Impacts of Penguin Tourism
• How Ecotourism Affects Human Communities
• Best Practices Towards Sustainable Ecotourism
• Creating a Research-based Agenda to Reduce Ecotourism Impacts on Wildlife.