When amateurs are the experts: Amateur mycologists and wild mushroom politics in the pacific northwest, USA

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 615-626

  McLain, Rebecca J ^a,b   Shannon, Margaret A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amateur science; Conservation politics; Mushrooms; Pacific Northwest; Special forest products

Indexed keywords

AMATEUR SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; MUSHROOM HARVESTING;

(NORTHWEST); USA;

EID: 0031724944     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941929809381106     Document Type: Article

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