Using learning networks to understand complex systems: A case study of biological, geophysical and social research in the Amazon

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 457-474

  Barlow, Jos ^a   Ewers, Robert M ^b   Anderson, Liana ^c   Aragao, Luiz E O C ^d   Baker, Tim R ^e   Boyd, Emily ^e   Feldpausch, Ted R ^e   Gloor, Emanuel ^e   Hall, Anthony ^f   Malhi, Yadvinder ^c   Milliken, William ^g   Mulligan, Mark ^h   Parry, Luke ^a   Pennington, Toby ⁱ   Peres, Carlos A ^j   Phillips, Oliver L ^e   Roman Cuesta, Rosa Maria ^c,k   Tobias, Joseph A ^c   Gardner, Toby A ^l  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Tropical Diversity Section   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Deforestation; Degradation; Fire; Hydrology; Interdisciplinary research; Learning networks; Livelihoods; REDD; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; RIVER; SOCIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; PLANTS; RIVERS; SOCIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER;

EID: 79954511964     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00155.x     Document Type: Review

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