Quality assurance: A vital need in ecological monitoring

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ferretti, Marco ^a  

^a TerraData Environmetrics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data quality; Ecological monitoring; Environmental management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052438961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20116011     Document Type: Review

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