Urban bird feeding: Connecting people with nature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, 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; DRIVER; ENGLAND; FEEDING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WELFARE; ADULT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GARDENING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979306769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158717     Document Type: Article

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