Nongeospatial metadata for the ecological sciences

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 330-342

  Michener, William K ^a,b   Brunt, James W ^c   Helly, John J ^d   Kirchner, Thomas B ^e   Stafford, Susan G ^f  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data archive; Data lineage; Data management; Information science; Metadata; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; METADATA; NONGEOSPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA;

EID: 0030616825     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0330:NMFTES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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