Embodied interdisciplinarity: What is the role of polymaths in environmental research?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-375

  Young, Juliette C ^a   Marzano, Mariella ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951774554     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000524     Document Type: Note

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