Monitoring barren-ground caribou body condition with Denéso̧ łiné traditional knowledge

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-54

  Lyver, P O'P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body condition; Caribou; Den so in ; Elders; Hunters; Monitoring program; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 16244364824     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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