Strategies for communicating about climate change impacts on public lands

Science Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-274

  Schweizer, Sarah ^a   Thompson, Jessica L ^a   Teel, Tara ^a   Bruyere, Brett ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change communication; Natural resource agencies; Public lands; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249087797     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547009352971     Document Type: Article

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