What should every citizen know about ecology?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 495-500

  Jordan, Rebecca ^a   Singer, Frederick ^b   Vaughan, John ^c   Berkowitz, Alan ^d  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; LITERACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70450125868     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070113     Document Type: Article

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