Children prioritize virtual exotic biodiversity over local biodiversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Ballouard, Jean Marie ^a,b   Brischoux, François ^c   Bonnet, Xavier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SOPTOM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXOTIC BIODIVERSITY; EXOTIC SPECIES; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL BIODIVERSITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79961156178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023152     Document Type: Article

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