Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-247

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Fleishman, Erica ^b   Mascia, Michael B ^c   Pretty, Jules ^d   Rudd, Murray A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Horizon scanning; Participation; Planning; Policy makers; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455165233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00083.x     Document Type: Review

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