Manipulating risk communication: Value predispositions shape public understandings of invasive species science in Hawaii

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-218

  Warner, Keith D ^a   Kinslow, Frances ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; conservation; Hawaii; invasive species management; public engagement; risk communication; value predispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874058505     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662511403983     Document Type: Article

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