Integrating traditional ecological knowledge and ecological science: A question of scale

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gagnon, Catherine A ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic; Chen caerulescens atlantica; Inuit; Local ecological knowledge; Protected area; Scale; Scientific knowledge; Traditional ecological knowledge; Vulpes lagopus

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MAMMAL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TUNDRA;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 73849099417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02923-140219     Document Type: Article

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