Ecological indicators: Between the two fires of science and policy

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-228

  Turnhout, Esther ^a   Hisschemöller, Matthijs ^a   Eijsackers, Herman ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Ecological indicator; Knowledge utilization; Nature conservation policy; Science policy interface

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BOUNDARY WORK; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION; NATURE CONSERVATION POLICY; SCIENCE POLICY INTERFACE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; KNOWLEDGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846603587     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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