Attitudes toward invertebrates: Are educational "bug banquets" effective?

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 37-48

  Looy, Heather ^a   Wood, John R ^a  

^a KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Attitudes; Entomophagy; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646431222     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.37.2.37-48     Document Type: Review

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