Looking beyond superficial knowledge gaps: Understanding public representations of biodiversity

International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-80

  Buijs, Arjen E ^a   Fischer, Anke ^b   Rink, Dieter ^c   Young, Juliette C ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biodiversity; General public; Knowledge; Lay people; Nature; Social representations; Values

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47549083474     PISSN: 17451590     EISSN: 17451604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3843/Biodiv.4.2:1     Document Type: Article

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