Documenting ancient plant management in the northwest of North America

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-145

  Lepofsky, Dana ^a   Lertzman, Ken ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Northwest; Prescribed burning; Resource management; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY;

PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CULTIVATION; ETHNOBOTANY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 42149193109     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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