The value of virtual conferencing for ecology and conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 540-546

  Fraser, Hannah ^a   Soanes, Kylie ^b   Jones, Stuart A ^a   Jones, Chris S ^a,c   Malishev, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Biosis Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic travel; acceso equitativo; carbon footprint; conferencia en l nea; conferencia virtual; emisiones de gases invernadero; equitable access; greenhouse gas emissions; huella de carbono; online conference; viaje acad mico; virtual conference

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; APPLIED SCIENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTICS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

CALLITHRIX;

CARBON;

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 85011711434     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12837     Document Type: Article

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