Communicating with the public: Opportunities and rewards for individual ecologists

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Pace, Michael L ^a   Hampton, Stephanie E ^b   Limburg, Karin E ^c   Bennett, Elena M ^d   Cook, Elizabeth M ^e   Davis, Ann E ^f   Grove, J Morgan ^g   Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y ^h   LaDeau, Shannon L ⁱ   Likens, Gene E ⁱ   McKnight, Diane M ^j   Richardson, David C ⁱ   Strayer, David L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^g USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SERVICE; STAKEHOLDER; TIME ALLOCATION;

EID: 77955564400     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090168     Document Type: Article

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