Smokey the tapir: Traditional fire knowledge and fire prevention campaigns in lowland Bolivia

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 921-931

  McDaniel, Josh ^a,d   Kennard, Deborah ^b   Fuentes, Alicia ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Mass Communication   (United States)

^c Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Indigenous fire knowledge; Tropical savannah ecology

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDFIRE;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 32144451849     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920500248921     Document Type: Article

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