Interpretation, activity participation, and environmental attitudes of visitors to Penguin Island, Western Australia

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 611-624

  Hughes, Michael ^a   Saunders, Angus Morrison ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental attitude; Interpretation; Knowledge; Natural area; Visitor survey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PENGUIN ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 22544468110     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920590959587     Document Type: Review

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