Volunteer field technicians are bad for wildlife ecology

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 819-821

  Fournier, Auriel M V ^a   Bond, Alexander L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diversity; field technician; volunteer

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FIELD METHOD; FINANCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RATIONALIZATION;

EID: 84962318519     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.603     Document Type: Article

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