A database application for long-term ecological field experiments

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-516

  Le Duc, M G ^a   Yang, L ^a   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data archive; Ecoinformatics; Ecological data; Ecological restoration; Experimental data; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; META-ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34250005168     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[509:ADAFLE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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