Motivations and commitments among participants in the great texas birding classic

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-67

  Scott, David ^a   Baker, Stacey Menzel ^b   Kim, Chulwon ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birding; Birdwatching; Commitment; Competition; Listing; Motives; Serious leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347895838     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209909359144     Document Type: Article

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