Academic major, environmental concern, and arboretum use

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 23-36

  Sherburn, Meghan ^a   Devlin, Ann Sloan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic major; Arboretum; Environmental concern; Environmental education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049267619     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.35.2.23-36     Document Type: Article

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