Maximizing the value of systematic reviews in ecology when data or resources are limited

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Doerr, Erik D ^a,b   Dorrough, Josh ^a   Davies, Micah J ^a   Doerr, Veronica A J ^a,b   Mcintyre, Sue ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Environmental management; Evidence based conservation; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84920811868     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12179     Document Type: Article

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