Landholder adoption of low emission agricultural practices: A profiling approach

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-44

  Morgan, Methuen I ^a   Hine, Donald W ^a   Bhullar, Navjot ^a   Loi, Natasha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Farming practices; Profiling; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912101217     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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