Knowledge of birds and willingness to support their conservation: An Australian case study

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-235

  Wilson, Clevo ^a   Tisdell, Clem ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 27744491971     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270905000419     Document Type: Article

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