Completing the data life cycle: Using information management in macrosystems ecology research

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-30

  Rüegg, Janine ^a   Gries, Corinna ^b   Bond Lamberty, Ben ^c   Bowen, Gabriel J ^d   Felzer, Benjamin S ^e   McIntyre, Nancy E ^f   Soranno, Patricia A ^g   Vanderbilt, Kristin L ^h   Weathers, Kathleen C ⁱ  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FUTURE PROSPECT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MACROECOLOGY; RESEARCH METHOD;

EID: 84894256046     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120375     Document Type: Article

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