Empathy-conditioned conservation: "Walking in the shoes of others" as a conservation farmer

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-452

  Sheeder, Robert J ^a   Lynne, Gary D ^b  

^a Air Quality Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; MICROECONOMICS;

KANSAS; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053280696     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.3.433     Document Type: Article

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