Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, , Seed and Forest Dynamics: A Theoretical Framework and an Example from the Neotropics, The American Naturalist, Vol. 137, No. 2 (Feb., 1991 ...

This framework is based on exchange theory, and shows the interdependencies between five "publics" in the research process: sponsors, researchers, subjects, the media, and the general public. The ...