Elicitation and representation of traditional ecological knowledge, for use in forest management

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 155-165

  Thomson, Alan J ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive Environmental Management; Database; Indigenous knowledge; Inferences; TEK; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INFERENCES; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034213924     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00103-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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