Social capital and natural resource management: An application to landcare

Rural Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-131

  Webb, Trevor ^a   Cary, John ^b,c  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 34247666558     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.15.2.119     Document Type: Article

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