Bridging the knowing-doing gap: Know-who, know-what, know-why, know-how and know-when

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1131-1136

  Hulme, Philip E ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Biodiversity; Conservation; Consultancy; Decision making; Ecosystem services; Partnership; Policy; Problem solving; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027950766     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12321     Document Type: Editorial

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