Making Wildlife Viewable: Habituation and Attraction

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Consequences of brown bear viewing tourism : A review (2017, background): “While the use of concealed observatories or 628 blinds is well-known to birdwatching and it is also found in other kinds of wildlife 629 viewing, they are not often used for bear viewing (Knight, 2009).”
Shark and ray provisioning: functional insights into behavioral, ecological and physiological responses across multiple scales (2015, background): “Specifically, the viewing of emblematic wildlife has increased in popularity (Knight 2009), and the promoters of wildlife-watching point out various benefits, ranging from financial inputs to local economies to enhancing education and environmental awareness (Orams 2002), that contribute towards…”
Biological effects, conservation potential, and research priorities of shark diving tourism. (2015, background): “We define ‘‘provisioning’’ as those activities where some type of attractant, bait, or food reward is offered for the tourism purposes of aggregating or positively reinforcing sharks to neutralize their aversion to humans (Orams, 2002; Knight, 2009; Fig.”