Visitor profile and evaluation of informal education at Jersey Zoo

Dodo

Volumn 32, Issue 0, 1996, Pages 166-192

  Broad, Genevieve ^a  

^a Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust

Author keywords

Educational tools; Informal education; Questionnaires; Visitor profiles; Zoos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006724636     PISSN: 02655640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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