Communicating science on Capitol Hill: a case for embedded ecologists

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Pouyat, Richard V. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2007-03
    URL:
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/20440586?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11882
    Journal Title:
    Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
    Journal Title Details:
    5(2) : 104-105
    Subject Term:
    environment, environmental communication, environmental policy, interest groups, interpersonal communication, policies, research communication, scientific communication, scientists, policy making, environmental issues, relationships, and ecologists
    Notes:
    Online via UI Library electronic subscription, To close the gap between ecologists and policy makers, the author proposed a program of embedding ecologists into the political syst4em in much the same way the U.S. military embeds journalists into combat units. Emphasized the importance of developing personal relationships.

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