Managing visitor numbers in protected areas through the lens of prototype animals

The case of the capercaillie (Ballons des Vosges) and the mouflon (Haut-Languedoc)

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ID22060722
AutoresAgathe Robert-Kérivel (Lockheed Martin (Canada), autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen28
Fecha de publicación2025-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaVia Tourism Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2259-924X • E-ISSN: 2259-924X
EditorialOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/15jzm
OpenAlexW7125480820
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas17

This article examines the management of visitor pressure in two protected mountain areas, the Vosges and the Caroux, through the lens of two emblematic species: the Western Capercaillie and the mouflon. These animals embody the tensions between conservation and public access, particularly in relation to habitat fragmentation caused by human presence. Managers employ strategies combining concrete spatial measures and visitor mediation. The Western Capercaillie and mouflon represent a complex dynamic of attraction and avoidance, being symbolically valued while protected from direct encounters. The study highlights their role as prototype animals: mediating figures that structure and guide management policies in protected areas, while symbolizing the trade-offs between recreational use and ecological preservation

Accommodation · Habitat · Recreation · Visitor pattern · Wildlife conservation · Wildlife management · French Urban and Social Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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