Value and structure of research experiences for undergraduate wildlife students

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1185-1194

  Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a   Millenbah, Kelly F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Mentoring; Pedagogy; Research experience; Under graduate research; Undergraduate education; Wildlife education

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 15544371016     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1185:VASORE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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