Texas Latino college student attitudes toward natural resources and the environment

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1275-1280

  Lopez, Angelica ^a   Torres, Cruz C ^a   Boyd, Barry ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Attitudes; Environment; Latinos; Mexican Americans; Natural resources; Texas

Indexed keywords

LATINO PEOPLE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; STUDENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53949095033     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-480     Document Type: Article

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