Bridging the Gender Gap: The Demographics of Scientists in the USDA Forest Service and Academia

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1165-1172

  Kern, Christel C ^a   Kenefic, Laura S ^a   Stout, Susan L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

inclusivity; natural resources; promotion; tenure; workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960957504     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv144     Document Type: Article

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