Natural connections: Bees Sting and Snakes Bite, but they are still nature

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-215

  Bruni, Coral M ^a   Chance, Randie C ^b   Schultz, P Wesley ^c   Nolan, Jessica M ^d  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental issues; Implicit association test; Implicit associations; Natural environment; Self identity

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; SNAKE;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84859183848     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916511402062     Document Type: Article

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