Knowledge and attitudes regarding sea turtles in elementary students on zakynthos, greece

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 30-38

  Dimopoulos, Dimitrios I ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Endangered species; Greece; Knowledge; Protected area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987977606     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00958960309603491     Document Type: Article

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