Responses to six major terrestrial biomes in terms of scenic beauty, preference, and restorativeness

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-556

  Han, Ke Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Forest hypothesis; Habitat specific approach; Human evolution; Nonhabitat specific approach; Savanna hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIOME; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SENSE OF PLACE;

EID: 34250360713     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506292016     Document Type: Article

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