Biological field stations: Research legacies and sites for serendipity

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-310

  Michener, William K ^a   Bildstein, Keith L ^b   McKee, Arthur ^c   Parmenter, Robert R ^d   Hargrove, William W ^e   Mcclearn, Deedra ^f   Stromberg, Mark ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Acopian Center for Conservation Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d Valles Caldera National Preserve   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f UC Berkeley Natural History Museums ^*

^g UC Berkeley Natural History Museums   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological field stations; Long term research; Research legacies; Serendipity; Socially relevant research

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649756024     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.4.8     Document Type: Article

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