A methodology for systematic mapping in environmental sciences

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  James, Katy L ^a   Randall, Nicola P ^a   Haddaway, Neal R ^b  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evidence review; Evidence based environmental management; Knowledge clusters; Knowledge gaps; Systematic evidence synthesis; Systematic mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971601374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0059-6     Document Type: Article

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