Natural history's place in science and society

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 300-310

  Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a   Anderson, John G T ^b   Bakker, Jonathan D ^c   Billo, Timothy J ^d   Dunwiddie, Peter W ^c   Groom, Martha J ^e   Hampton, Stephanie E ^f   Herman, Steven G ^g   Levey, Douglas J ^h   Machnicki, Noelle J ^d   Del Rio, Carlos Martínez ⁱ   Power, Mary E ^j   Rowell, Kirsten ^d   Salomon, Anne K ^k   Stacey, Liam ^c   Trombulak, Stephen C ^m   Wheeler, Terry A ^l  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Policy and Design   (United States)

^c School of Environmental and Forest Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^g EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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Author keywords

ecological knowledge; environmental management; food security; human health; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899030345     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu032     Document Type: Review

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