A new dawn for citizen science

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 467-471

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; MODERNITY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 68949137010     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.017     Document Type: Note

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