Are Wildlife Conservation Efforts Done For Me Or For The Birds?

Volunteers who take part in conservation efforts may do it more for themselves than the wildlife they are trying to protect, a University of Alberta case study shows. A study of purple martin landlords-those who keep and monitor special birdhouses on their land-revealed that they were more motivated to take part in the conservation project for egoistic rather than altruistic reasons.

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Filed under: Biology on August 11th, 2008