Long term ecological research and information management

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Michener, William K ^a   Porter, John ^b   Servilla, Mark ^a   Vanderbilt, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data acquisition; Data curation; Data exploration; Data preservation; Database management system; Information management system; Metadata

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79651474449     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.11.005     Document Type: Review

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