The problem of scale in indigenous knowledge: A perspective from Northern Australia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wohling, Marc ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ecological scale; Ecology; Ethnoecology; Indigenous knowledge; Natural resource management; Northern Australia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69149101171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02574-140101     Document Type: Article

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