Meta-information concepts for ecological data management

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-7

  Michener, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ECOLOGY; INFORMATICS;

EID: 31444434904     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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