Making ecological science policy-relevant: Issues of scale and disciplinary integration

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 799-809

  Stevens, Carly J ^a   Fraser, Iain ^b   Mitchley, Jonathan ^c   Thomas, Matthew B ^c,d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based research; Interdisciplinary; Scale

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249806333     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9092-8     Document Type: Review

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