A guideline to improve qualitative social science publishing in ecology and conservation journals

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Moon, Katie ^a,b   Brewer, Tom D ^c,d   Januchowski Hartley, Stephanie R ^e   Adams, Vanessa M ^f   Blackman, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Confirmability; Credibility; Dependability; Methods; Transferability

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84989208437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08663-210317     Document Type: Article

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