Attitudes and activities related to urban wildlife: Pet owners and non-owners

Anthrozoos

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-262

  Bjerke, Tore ^a   Østdahl, Torjørn ^a   Kleiven, Jo ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal related activities; Attitudes; Pet owners; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 1842764789     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279303786992125     Document Type: Review

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