Can local ecological knowledge contribute to wildlife management? Case studies of migratory birds

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Gilchrist, Grant ^a   Mallory, Mark ^b   Merkel, Flemming ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arctic; Inuit; LEK; Local ecological knowledge; Marine birds; Population declines; TEK; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SEABIRD; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES;

EID: 27444443144     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01275-100120     Document Type: Article

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