The activities and importance of international field stations

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 584-592

  Wyman, Richard L ^a,b   Wallensky, Eugene ^c,d   Baine, Mark ^e  

^a E N Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station   (United States)

^b International Organization of Biological Field Stations

^c Kioloa Coastal Campus ^*  (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Ecology; Field stations; Infrastructure; International; Personnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949097399     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.7.9     Document Type: Article

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