Investing in citizen science can improve natural resource management and environmental protection

Issues in Ecology

Volumn 2015, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1-27

  McKinley, Duncan C ^a   Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^b   Ballard, Heidi L ^c   Bonney, Rick ^d   Brown, Hutch ^a   Evans, Daniel M ^a   French, Rebecca A ^e   Parrish, Julia K ^f   Phillips, Tina B ^d   Ryan, Sean F ^g   Shanley, Lea A ^h   Shirk, Jennifer L ^d   Stepenuck, Kristine F ⁱ   Weltzin, Jake F ^j   Wiggins, Andrea ^k   Boyle, Owen D ^l   Briggs, Russell D ^m   Chapin, Stuart F ⁿ   Hewitt, David A ^o,p   Preuss, Peter W ^e   Soukup, Michael A ^b   more..

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Acadia National Park   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^h WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^l WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^m STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^o ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p Evidential Planning and Management LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEADERSHIP; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESEARCH; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942910159     PISSN: 10928987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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