Students' perception of plant and animal species: A case study from rural Argentina

Applied Environmental Education and Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-141

  Nates, Juliana ^a,b   Campos, Claudia ^a,b,c   Lindemann Matthies, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Interacciones Bioló gicas en el Desierto INTERBIODES   (Argentina)

^c LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

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EID: 77953493510     PISSN: 1533015X     EISSN: 15330389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2010.482495     Document Type: Article

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