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International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021 Protected areas (PAs) achieve recognition and enhanced protection when a sufficient number of tourists visit and appreciate them and influence policy to assure their survival.
Sivakami Velmurugan +2 more
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Effects of visitor numbers on captive European red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and impacts on visitor experience [PDF]
Zoo Biology, 2017 Visitors to zoological collections can have substantial effects on captive animals that vary according to species, enclosure design, visitor proximity, and husbandry methods. One particularly intense form of visitor interaction occurs in immersive exhibits such as walk‐through enclosures.
Woolway, Eleanor E., Goodenough, Anne E
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Examining The Visitor Effect In Zoo-Housed Semi-Aquatic Turtles [PDF]
Animal Behavior and CognitionZoo visitors constitute a major part of a zoo animal’s environment and can have measurable impacts on their behavior and welfare, a phenomenon referred to as the visitor effect.
Alexandra S. Thomson +1 more
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Animals, 2021 Decisions on environmental enrichment programmes are sometimes based on the assumption that non-natural or artificial looking items negatively affect visitor experiences. In this study, we developed a questionnaire to assess zoo visitor attitudes towards
Marina Salas +4 more
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Visitor-based Attribute Grammars with Side Effect
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 2011 AbstractThe visitor design pattern is often applied to program traversal algorithms over Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs). It defines a visitor, an object with a visit method that is executed for each node in the AST. These visitors have the advantage that the order of traversal is explicitly under control of the programmer, which is essential to deal with
Middelkoop, A. +2 more
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Journal of Zoological and Botanical GardensTropical forest hornbills display complex social and reproductive behaviours that make them hard to reliably and frequently breed in ex situ facilities.
Kees Groot, Paul Rose
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Microclimatic effects on alpine plant communities and flower-visitor interactions [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 AbstractHigh-alpine ecosystems are commonly assumed to be particularly endangered by climate warming. Recent research, however, suggests that the heterogeneous topography of alpine landscapes provide microclimatic niches for alpine plants (i.e. soil temperatures that support the establishment and reproduction of species).
Lisa-Maria Ohler +2 more
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The effect of health visitors on breastfeeding in Glasgow. [PDF]
International breastfeeding journal, 2006 The UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative includes a community component to help women who want to breastfeed. This study aimed to document the health visitor role in promoting and supporting breastfeeding in Glasgow during 2000 and the effect it had on breastfeeding rates.Glasgow, UK, has a population of 906,000, with approximately 10,000 births per year ...
Tappin, David +3 more
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Animals, 2019 The question of ‘if and how captive primates are affected by visitors’ has gained increasing attention over the last decades. Although the majority reported undesirable effects on behavior and wellbeing, many studies reported contradicting ...
Jana López-Álvarez +4 more
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Tradition, cultural contact and English for tourism: the case of Mentawai, Indonesia
Heliyon, 2021 Foreign tourists' cultural contact with tradition and the use of English (tourism English) mediates visitor engagement and revisit intention. Developing cultural tourism in Mentawai requires a study on the relationship among traditions, tourism English ...
Elfiondri, Zaitul, Nova Rina
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