Graduate Student's Guide to Necessary Skills for Nonacademic Conservation Careers

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-34

  Blickley, Jessica L ^a   Deiner, Kristy ^a   Garbach, Kelly ^a   Lacher, Iara ^a   Meek, Mariah H ^a   Porensky, Lauren M ^a   Wilkerson, Marit L ^a   Winford, Eric M ^a   Schwartz, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disciplinary; Government; Higher education; Nonprofit; Practitioner; Private; Workplace skills

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; RESEARCH WORK; STUDENT; TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORK;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; JOB DESCRIPTION; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84872267011     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01956.x     Document Type: Article

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