A Guide to Understanding Social Science Research for Natural Scientists

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1167-1177

  Moon, Katie ^a   Blackman, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Interdisciplinary research; Ontology; Research design; Theoretical perspective; Worldview

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIOLOGY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84907938691     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12326     Document Type: Review

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