Eu-Social Science: The Role of Internet Social Networks in the Collection of Bee Biodiversity Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Stafford, Richard ^a   Hart, Adam G ^a   Collins, Laura ^a   Kirkhope, Claire L ^a   Williams, Rachel L ^a   Rees, Samuel G ^a   Lloyd, Jane R ^a   Goodenough, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COOPERATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

APOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNET; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78650744918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014381     Document Type: Article

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