Integrating theoretical components: A graphical model for graduate students and researchers

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 594-602

  Choate, David M ^a   Prather, Chelse M ^b   Michel, Matt J ^c   Baldridge, Ashley K ^d   Barnes, Matthew A ^d   Hoekman, David ^f   Patrick, Christopher J ^d,e   RÜegg, Janine ^d   Crowl, Todd A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain; ecology; integration; philosophy of science; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862569648     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.6.10     Document Type: Article

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