Understanding the (inter)disciplinary and institutional diversity of citizen science: A survey of current practice in Germany and Austria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Pettibone, Lisa ^a,b   Vohland, Katrin ^a   Ziegler, David ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 85021319149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178778     Document Type: Article

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