Why is data sharing in collaborative natural resource efforts so hard and what can we do to improve it?

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 883-893

  Volk, Carol J ^a   Lucero, Yasmin ^b   Barnas, Katie ^c  

^a South Fork Research Inc   (United States)

^b Signal to Noise Consulting   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data flow diagrams; Data sharing; Data transfer; Distributed teams; Metadata; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW GRAPHS; DATA TRANSFER; FLOWCHARTING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LARGE DATASET; METADATA; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; SURVEYS;

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COMPLEX DATASETS; DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT TRAINING; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DATA SHARING;

DATA MANAGEMENT; METADATA; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOOK; DATA PROCESSING; DOCUMENTATION; E-MAIL; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCIENTIST; TELEPHONE; TRAINING;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84898027725     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0258-2     Document Type: Article

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