Five ways to support interdisciplinary work before tenure

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 260-267

  Benson, Melinda Harm ^a   Lippitt, Christopher D ^a   Morrison, Ryan ^b   Cosens, Barbara ^c   Boll, Jan ^d   Chaffin, Brian C ^e   Fremier, Alexander K ^d   Heinse, Robert ^c   Kauneckis, Derek ^f   Link, Timothy E ^c   Scruggs, Caroline E ^a   Stone, Mark ^a   Valentin, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled Human Natural Systems; Interdisciplinary; Tenure; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING; TENURE SYSTEM; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006208443     PISSN: 21906483     EISSN: 21906491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13412-015-0326-9     Document Type: Article

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