Exploring stakeholders' attitudes and beliefs regarding behaviors that prevent the spread of invasive species

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 341-352

  Prinbeck, Gwenn ^a   Lach, Denise ^a   Chan, Samuel ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Barriers; Behavior change; Belief; Education; Focus groups; Invasive species; Norm; Prevention; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956358938     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2010.542451     Document Type: Article

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