Raising money for scientific research through crowdfunding

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-72

  Wheat, Rachel E ^a   Wang, Yiwei ^a   Byrnes, Jarrett E ^b,c   Ranganathan, Jai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID DEPENDENCY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

CROWDSOURCING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

CROWDSOURCING; ECOLOGY; FUND RAISING;

EID: 84872681626     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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