TY - JOUR

T1 - Mismatches between supply and demand in wildlife tourism

T2 - Insights for assessing cultural ecosystem services

AU - Arbieu, Ugo

AU - Grünewald, Claudia

AU - Martín-López, Berta

AU - Schleuning, Matthias

AU - Böhning-Gaese, Katrin

PY - 2017/7/1

Y1 - 2017/7/1

N2 - Assessing cultural ecosystem services provided by biodiversity requires a combination of ecological and social approaches. In this study, we investigated the capacity of large African mammal species to provide the cultural ecosystem service of wildlife tourism by using a supply and demand framework. First, we tested the relationship between supply and demand for large mammal species in wildlife tourism. Second, we tested whether the trophic level and body size of mammals influenced the mismatch between supply and demand, and whether the patterns of mismatches were consistent among four protected areas (PAs) in three Southern African countries. To quantify supply of species, we counted large mammals along 196 five km road transects within the four PAs; to estimate demand, we gathered 651 face-to-face questionnaires of wildlife tourists and distinguished between their expectation and hope to see specific species. Results show that a higher supply of large mammal species increased the expectation to see a species (linear regression slope β = 0.28, p 

AB - Assessing cultural ecosystem services provided by biodiversity requires a combination of ecological and social approaches. In this study, we investigated the capacity of large African mammal species to provide the cultural ecosystem service of wildlife tourism by using a supply and demand framework. First, we tested the relationship between supply and demand for large mammal species in wildlife tourism. Second, we tested whether the trophic level and body size of mammals influenced the mismatch between supply and demand, and whether the patterns of mismatches were consistent among four protected areas (PAs) in three Southern African countries. To quantify supply of species, we counted large mammals along 196 five km road transects within the four PAs; to estimate demand, we gathered 651 face-to-face questionnaires of wildlife tourists and distinguished between their expectation and hope to see specific species. Results show that a higher supply of large mammal species increased the expectation to see a species (linear regression slope β = 0.28, p 

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Africa

KW - Charisma

KW - Cultural ecosystem service

KW - Demand

KW - Mammals

KW - Mismatch

KW - Nature-based tourism

KW - Supply

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85016163160&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.035

DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.035

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85016163160

VL - 78

SP - 282

EP - 291

JO - Ecological Indicators

JF - Ecological Indicators

SN - 1470-160X

ER -