Motivational functionalism and urban conservation stewardship: Implications for volunteer involvement

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 470-477

  Asah, Stanley T ^a   Blahna, Dale J ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation funding; Conservation psychology; Motivations; Recruitment; Retention; Seattle Tacoma; Urban biodiversity conservation

Indexed keywords

HARNESS;

EID: 84870897111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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