Species and cultural conservation in New Zealand: Maori traditional ecological knowledge of tuatara

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 455-464

  Ramstad, Kristina M ^a,b   Nelson, N J ^b   Paine, G ^c   Beech, D ^c   Paul, A ^d   Paul, P ^d   Allendorf, F W ^a   Daugherty, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c Waikawa Marae ^*  (New Zealand)

^d Ngati Koata No Rangitoto Ki Te Tonga Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Indigenous knowledge; New Zealand; Reptile conservation; Sphenodon; TEK

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LIZARD; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AGE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPTILE; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ECOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; REPTILES;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33947530677     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00620.x     Document Type: Review

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