Creating and maintaining high-performing collaborative research teams: The importance of diversity and interpersonal skills

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-38

  Cheruvelil, Kendra S ^a   Soranno, Patricia A ^a   Weathers, Kathleen C ^b   Hanson, Paul C ^c   Goring, Simon J ^c   Filstrup, Christopher T ^d   Read, Emily K ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROECOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH METHOD; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84894248195     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/130001     Document Type: Article

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