Citizen science: A tool for integrating studies of human and natural systems

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 641-665

  Crain, Rhiannon ^a   Cooper, Caren ^a   Dickinson, Janis L ^a,b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Coupled human and natural systems; Coupled systems; Interdisciplinary research; Public engagement in science; Socioecological systems

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

COUPLED HUMAN AND NATURAL SYSTEMS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 84908030209     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-030713-154609     Document Type: Review

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