Rigorous science: Suggestions on how to raise the bar

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 296-305

  Anderson, David R ^a   Cooch, Evan G ^b   Gutierrez R J ^c   Krebs, Charles J ^d   Lindberg, Mark S ^e   Pollock, Kenneth H ^f   Ribic, Christine A ^g   Shenk, Tanya M ^h  

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

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Education; In service training; Life long learning; Peer review; Professional meetings; Publication quality; Research funding; Science philosophy; Scientific inference; University curricula

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038138014     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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