Roads on the U.S. national forests. An analysis of public attitudes, beliefs, and values expressed in the news media

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 514-539

  Bengston, David N ^a,b   Fan, David P ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; ROAD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032863275     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139169921972218     Document Type: Article

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