Improving ecological communication: The role of ecologists in environmental policy formation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 350-364

  Norton, Bryan G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse, serial vs. integrative; Ecological communication; Ecological risk; Economics vs. ecology, as policy making source; Environmental policy, ecologists' role; Scale of research; Social values; Wetlands policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031960257     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0350:IECTRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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