A digital library environment for integrating, disseminating and exploring ecological data

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 295-308

  Barros, Evandrino G ^a,b   Laender, Alberto H F ^a   Gonçalves, Marcos André ^a   Barbosa, Francisco A R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Federal Center for Technological Education   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Data integration; Digital libraries; Ecological data management; User evaluation

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SPREADSHEET;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55549107120     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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