Lyonia (journal)
Encyclopedia
Lyonia was an electronic, peer-reviewed
interdisciplinary scientific journal
published by the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum and stored in the ScholarSpace
digital institutional repository
of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
library. The journal was dedicated to the distribution of original ecological research and how it may be implemented in environmental protection. Papers published in Lyonia covered a range of disciplines including ecology, biology, anthropology, economics, law, etc. that pertain to conservation, management, sustainable development, and education in mountain and island settings. The journal was particularly interested in the mountain forests in tropical areas. Lyonia was first published in March 1974 and continued until December 1989.
Peer review
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interdisciplinary scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
published by the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum and stored in the ScholarSpace
ScholarSpace
ScholarSpace is an institutional repository for the digital scholarly output for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa community. Contributors include researchers, faculty, and students who maintain copyright to their submissions and can control access to their collections. ScholarSpace is an attempt...
digital institutional repository
Institutional repository
An Institutional repository is an online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating - in digital form - the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution....
of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
library. The journal was dedicated to the distribution of original ecological research and how it may be implemented in environmental protection. Papers published in Lyonia covered a range of disciplines including ecology, biology, anthropology, economics, law, etc. that pertain to conservation, management, sustainable development, and education in mountain and island settings. The journal was particularly interested in the mountain forests in tropical areas. Lyonia was first published in March 1974 and continued until December 1989.