Assessing the Effects of Tourist Provisioning on the Health of Wild Barbary Macaques in Morocco.

Feeding wildlife is a very popular tourist activity, largely because it facilitates the close observation of animals in their natural habitat. Such provisioning may benefit animals by improving their survival and reproductive success, especially during periods of natural food shortage. However, prov...

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Main Authors: Laëtitia Maréchal, Stuart Semple, Bonaventura Majolo, Ann MacLarnon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4874683?pdf=render