The resource discovery initiative for field stations: Enhancing data management at north american biological field stations

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 482-487

  Brunt, James W ^a   Michener, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Data management; Databases; Field stations; Organization of Biological Field Stations; Research coordination network

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949097382     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.6.6     Document Type: Article

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