The history of public participation in ecological research

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 285-290

  Miller Rushing, Abraham ^a   Primack, Richard ^b   Bonney, Rick ^c  

^a Acadia National Park   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HISTORICAL RECORD; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864542181     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110278     Document Type: Review

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