The research-implementation gap: How practitioners and researchers from developing countries perceive the role of peer-reviewed literature in conservation science

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Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-87

  Gossa, Céline ^a   Fisher, Martin ^b   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; developing countries; Impact Factor; information; open access; scientific publication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920115609     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313001634     Document Type: Article

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