Cross-disciplinary collaboration and learning

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Pennington, Deana D ^a,b  

^a Long Term Ecological Research Network Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collective thinking; Cross disciplinary science

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LEARNING; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 58749111682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02520-130208     Document Type: Article

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