Mean or green: which values can promote stable pro-environmental behavior?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Conservation Letters
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1755-263X,1755-263X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263x.2009.00048.x