Partnering for greater success: Local stakeholders and research in tropical biology and conservation

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-562

  Kainer, Karen A ^a   Digiano, Maria L ^b   Duchelle, Amy E ^a   Wadt, Lúcia H O ^c   Bruna, Emilio ^a   Dain, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Gainesville   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community; Dissemination; Participatory research; Returning results

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 70249142025     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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