Fifth graders' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward habitat loss and landscape fragmentation

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 418-432

  Tanner, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Environmentally responsible behavior; Schoolyard science

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649589798     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2010.503236     Document Type: Article

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