Education and conservation on the urban-wildland interface: Testing the efficacy of informational brochures

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-250

  George, Shalene L ^a   Crooks, Kevin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 33745804483     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[240:EACOTU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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