Linking hunter knowledge with forest change to understand changing deer harvest opportunities in intensively logged landscapes

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Brinkman, Todd J ^a   Chapin, Terry ^a   Kofinas, Gary ^a   Person, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Forest change; Hunting; Local knowledge; Logging; Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis; Sitka black tailed deer; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL TRADITION; DEER; GIS; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SECONDARY FOREST; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND [ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO]; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS;

EID: 69149095684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02805-140136     Document Type: Article

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