Identifying psychological factors that determine cattle farmers' intention to use improved natural grassland

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-96

  Borges, João Augusto Rossi ^a,b   Oude Lansink, Alfons G J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adoption; Biome pampa; Farmers' decisions; Natural grassland; Structural equation modeling; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949843999     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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