Household factors influencing participation in bird feeding activity: A national scale analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Davies, Zoe G ^a   Fuller, Richard A ^b   Dallimer, Martin ^c   Loram, Alison ^d   Gaston, Kevin J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GARDENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

AVES;

EID: 84862993747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039692     Document Type: Article

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