Understanding why underrepresented students pursue ecology careers: A preliminary case study

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 415-420

  Armstrong, Melissa J ^a   Berkowitz, Alan R ^b   Dyer, Lee A ^c   Taylor, Jason ^a  

^a Ecological Society of America   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; RESEARCH; STUDENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 35048835910     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[415:UWUSPE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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