Birds as tourism flagship species: a case study of tropical islands

By Diogo Veríssimo, Iain Fraser, J. Groombridge, Rachel M. Bristol, Douglas Macmillan. 2009

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Birds as biodiversity surrogates: will supplementing birds with other taxa improve effectiveness? (2012, background): “In addition, owing to the broad public appeal of birds and potential revenue of birding activities (Verissimo et al. 2009), general support for conservation of birds is often higher than for other taxa.”
Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal (2012, unknown): “This differs from previous studies of ecotourists in The Seychelles (Verissimo et al. 2009) and members of the public in Australia (Tisdell et al. 2007) and Europe (Fischer et al. 2011).”
Does colour matter? The influence of animal warning coloration on human emotions and willingness to protect them (2013, background): “Although there is a great deal of work that investigates which factors influence conservation attitudes in general (Kellert, 1996; Czech et al., 1998; Brackney & McAndrew, 2001; Knight, 2008; Veríssimo et al., 2009), or the attitudes of children towards the natural world in particular (e.”
Toward a systematic approach for identifying conservation flagships (2011, background): “…flagship species, it can be more effective to focus on species attributes, rather than the species themselves (cf. Knegtering et al. 4 Conservation Letters 4 (2011) 1–8 Copyright and Photocopying: c©2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2002; Stokes 2007; Meuser et al. 2009; Verı́ssimo et al. 2009).”