Improving the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in ecology by expanding measures of success

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-47

  Goring, Simon J ^a   Weathers, Kathleen C ^b   Dodds, Walter K ^c   Soranno, Patricia A ^d   Sweet, Lynn C ^e   Cheruvelil, Kendra S ^d   Kominoski, John S ^f,g   Rüegg, Janine ^c   Thorn, Alexandra M ^h   Utz, Ryan M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MACROECOLOGY;

EID: 84894274301     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120370     Document Type: Article

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