Contributions of traditional knowledge to understanding climate change in the Canadian Arctic

Polar Record

Volumn 37, Issue 203, 2001, Pages 315-328

  Riedlinger, Dyanna ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; POLAR REGION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 0034829594     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400017058     Document Type: Article

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