Do zoo visitors come to learn? An internationally comparative, mixed-methods study

K Roe, A McConney - Environmental Education Research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Zoo visitors go to see animals, but are they there to learn? This mixed-methods study
examines visitor learning from both zoos' and visitors' perspectives using qualitative and …

A review of recent and future marine extinctions

P del Monte-Luna, M Nakamura, A Vicente… - Cambridge Prisms …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Between 20 and 24 marine extinctions, ranging from algal to mammal species, have
occurred over the past 500 years. These relatively low numbers question whether the sixth …

The impact of immersive exhibit design on visitor behaviour and learning at Chester Zoo, UK

T Smart, G Counsell… - Journal of Zoo and …, 2021 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
As extinction rates accelerate, zoos have evolved from places for public entertainment to
centres of conservation, research and education. Zoo-based learning is inherently 'free …

Using extinctions in species distribution models to evaluate and predict threats: a contribution to plant conservation planning on the island of Sardinia

M Fois, G Bacchetta, A Cuena-Lombraña… - Environmental …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Recent extinction rates suggest that humans are now causing the sixth mass extinction, and
the Mediterranean islands are at the forefront of many of the environmental issues involved …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated system to assess marine extinctions

A Yáñez-Arenas, M Nakamura, AW Trites… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
More than 20 global marine extinctions and over 700 local extinctions have reportedly
occurred during the past 500 years. However, available methods to determine how many of …

Using growth rates to estimate the minimum age and size at sexual maturity in a captive population of the critically endangered Central American river turtle …

ND Bishop, R Hudson, J Marlin, T Pop… - Journal of Zoo and …, 2021 - jzar.org
Abstract The Central American river turtle Dermatemys mawii is a critically endangered
species that has incurred substantial losses over the last several decades due to …

Interpretar o silêncio: Os jardins zoológicos eo seu papel na sociedade atual

CB Santiago - 2022 - repositorio.utad.pt
Estamos perante uma crise global de biodiversidade, com taxas de extinção que se
aproximam das grandes extinções identificadas no registo fóssil. Abordar e tentar inverter …

Strategies and effectiveness of zoo education in the field of conservation biology

N Álvarez Montes - 2020 - publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de
Evidence is increasingly pointing towards a significant global decline in biodiversity. The
drivers of this decline are numerous, including habitat change and overexploitation, rapid …

Del Registro Fósil a la Tasa de Extinción

PO del Pino - 2016 - cimat.repositorioinstitucional.mx
La extinción de especies es un proceso natural que constantemente va cambiando con el
tiempo pues depende de factores como cambios climáticos, desastres naturales e …