Encouraging Residents to Request Wildlife-Friendly Landscape Maintenance from Their Chosen Professionals: A Stages of Change Approach for Extension and Other Practitioners

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Laura A. Warner, associate professor, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, and Extension specialist, Center for Land Use Efficiency; Dharmendra Kalauni, graduate research assistant, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; John M. Diaz, associate professor and Extension specialist, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; Emily Marois, Extension agent I, B.S., urban horticulture, and coordinator, Master Gardener Volunteer Program, UF/IFAS Extension Palm Beach County; Adam Dale, associate professor, turfgrass and ornamental entomology, Entomology and Nematology Department; and Jaret Daniels, professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, and curator, Florida Museum of Natural History; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.