A community-based wildlife survey: The knowledge and attitudes of residents of suburban Brisbane, with a focus on bandicoots

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-241

  FitzGibbon, Sean I ^a   Jones, Darryl N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EXTINCTION; MARSUPIAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

ACARI; AVES; MAMMALIA; PERAMELIDAE;

EID: 33744753335     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04029     Document Type: Article

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