A conceptual model of attitudes toward natural resource issues: A case study of wolf reintroduction

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Bright, Alan D ^a   Manfredo, Michael J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective factors; Attitudes; Cognitive factors; Personal importance; Wolf reintroduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002021181     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209609359048     Document Type: Article

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