Knowledge Dialogue to Attain Global Scientific Excellence and Broader Social Relevance

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 709-717

  Anderson, Christopher B ^a,b   Monjeau, Adrian ^a,c,d   Rau, Jaime R ^e  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur   (Argentina)

^c Fundacion Bariloche   (Argentina)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

Author keywords

broader impacts; research indicators; science policy; sciencesociety; socioecological systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936877889     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv046     Document Type: Review

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