Wild flowers in the wrong field are weeds! Examining farmers' constructions of conservation

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1039-1053

  McHenry, H ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION; FARMERS' PERCEPTION; NATURE CONSERVATION;

SCOTLAND; UK;

EID: 0031695907     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a301039     Document Type: Article

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