Conservation volunteers' connection to nature

Ecopsychology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 187-197

  Guiney, Margaret Savanick ^a   Oberhauser, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84862648366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19429347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/eco.2009.0030     Document Type: Article

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