Personal messages reduce vandalism and theft of unattended scientific equipment

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-131

  Clarin, B Markus ^a   Bitzilekis, Eleftherios ^b   Siemers, Björn M ^a   Goerlitz, Holger R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Damage; Equipment protection; Information; Message; Mode of address; Public information; Scientific field equipment; Signage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893969565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12132     Document Type: Article

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