Gender-based differences in birdwatchers' participation and commitment

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-101

  Moore, Roger L ^a   Scott, David ^b   Moore, Annette ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birding; Birdwatching; Commitment; Gender; Initial involvement; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449085088     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200701882525     Document Type: Article

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