Likeability of garden birds: Importance of species knowledge & richness in connecting people to nature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Cox, Daniel T C ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEARNING; NOMENCLATURE; PLEASURE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HUMANS; NATURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955461553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141505     Document Type: Article

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