Agricultural science in the wild: A social network analysis of farmer knowledge exchange

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Wood, Brennon A ^a   Blair, Hugh T ^a   Gray, David I ^a   Kemp, Peter D ^a   Kenyon, Paul R ^a   Morris, Steve T ^a   Sewell, Alison M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AGRICULTURE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84905976676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105203     Document Type: Article

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