What it means to be a naturalist and the future of natural history at American universities

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-456

  Schmidly, David J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic programs; Higher education; Natural history; Naturalist

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EDUCATION;

EID: 20444395856     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[449:WIMTBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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