Sharing ecological knowledge: Opportunities and barriers to uptake

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 532-534

  Boreux, Virginie ^a   Born, Julia ^a   Lawes, Michael J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Conservation practices; Interdisciplinarity; Knowledge transfer; Local stakeholders; Participatory research; Peer review system; Research implementation gap

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 70249101783     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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