Beliefs about interactions between factors in the natural environment: A causal network study

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-572

  White, Peter A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE; FOREST; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EID: 43649103170     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1381     Document Type: Article

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