Dramatic improvements and persistent challenges for women ecologists

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-196

  McGuire, Krista L ^a   Primack, Richard B ^b   Losos, Elizabeth C ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; gender bias; glass ceiling; Organization for Tropical Studies; women in science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856824685     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.2.12     Document Type: Article

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