Slovakian pupils' knowledge of, and attitudes toward, birds

Anthrozoos

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-235

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b   Kubiatko, Milan ^a   Fančovičová, Jana ^a  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Animals; Attitudes; Birds; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 54949129133     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303708X332035     Document Type: Article

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