Building EDENs: The rise of environmentally distributed ecological networks

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-54

  Craine, Joseph M ^a   Battersby, Jessamy ^b   Elmore, Andrew J ^c   Jones, Andrew W ^d,e  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological networks; EDENs; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33846415088     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B570108     Document Type: Review

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