Emotional affinity toward nature as a motivational basis to protect nature

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-202

  Kals, Elisabeth ^a   Schumacher, Daniel ^a   Montada, Leo ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

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ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 0033053986     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139169921972056     Document Type: Article

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