ArticleInternational journal of biometeorology2016
Weather sensitivity for zoo visitation in Toronto, Canada: a quantitative analysis of historical data.
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- Using the snow-day fraction to measure climatic change in southern Ontario (Canada): historical trends in winter season precipitation phase.Theoretical and applied climatology · 2023Article
- Weather influences on zoo visitation (Cabárceno, Northern Spain).International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
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- Differences in the importance of weather and weather-based decisions among campers in Ontario parks (Canada).International journal of biometeorology · 2017Article
- Biometeorology for cities.International journal of biometeorology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Based on a case study of the Toronto Zoo (Canada), multivariate regression analysis, involving both climatic and social variables, was employed to assess the relationship between daily weather and visitation. Zoo visitation was most sensitive to weather variability during the shoulder season, followed by the off-season and, then, the peak season. Temperature was the most influential weather variable in relation to zoo visitation, followed by precipitation and, then, wind speed. The intensity and direction of the social and climatic variables varied between seasons. Temperatures exceeding 26 °C during the shoulder season and 28 °C during the peak season suggested a behavioural threshold associated with zoo visitation, with conditions becoming too warm for certain segments of the zoo visitor market, causing visitor numbers to decline. Even light amounts of precipitation caused average visitor numbers to decline by nearly 50 %. Increasing wind speeds also demonstrated a negative influence on zoo visitation.
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