Women learn more from local than global examples of the biological impacts of climate change

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 132-137

  Theobald, Elinore J ^a   Crowe, Alison ^a   Hillerislambers, Janneke ^a   Wenderoth, Mary P ^a   Freeman, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER ROLE; STATE ROLE;

EID: 84926617662     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140261     Document Type: Article

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