Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril

Daniel T. Blumstein is a Professor at the University of California Los Angeles' Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. His work involves integrated studies of animal social behavior, animal communication, and antipredator behavior, and has helped develop the field of wildlife conservation behavior. He is the author of over 350 scientific publications and has written or edited six books, including An Ecotourist's Guide to Khunjerab National Park. Benjamin Geffroy is a researcher at the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) and holds a Ph.D. in Behavioral Ecology and Physiology. After postdoctoral work in Brazil on the effects of ecotourism on fish, he joined Ifremer to explore fish reproduction and behavior. His research deciphers the various physiological and behavioral mechanisms that underlie population changes.

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.

"This book provides a wealth of valuable evidence for regulators, managers and ecotourism companies to use in training and planning ... . It also provides ecologist with a good overview of the evidence of our interactions with charismatic animals." (David Walton, The Bulletin British Ecological Society, Vol. 49 (3), September, 2018)

“This book provides a wealth of valuable evidence for regulators, managers and ecotourism companies to use in training and planning … . It also provides ecologist with a good overview of the evidence of our interactions with charismatic animals.” (David Walton, The Bulletin British Ecological Society, Vol. 49 (3), September, 2018)