Indigenous ancestral sayings contribute to modern conservation partnerships: Examples using Phormium tenax

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 267-275

  Wehi, Priscilla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Human ecology; Indigenous management; Maori; Oral tradition; Phormium; Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NECTARIVORY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PERENNIAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AGAVACEAE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGAVACEAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROUPS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PHORMIUM; PHORMIUM TENAX; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 63849274103     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1693.1     Document Type: Article

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