Toward a Mental Systems Approach to Human Relationships with Wildlife: The Role of Emotional Dispositions

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-15

  Jacobs, Maarten H ^a   Vaske, Jerry J ^b   Roemer, Jennifer M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; appraisal; emotional dispositions; emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857318928     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2012.645123     Document Type: Review

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