Missing in translation: Maori language and oral tradition in scientific analyses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 201-204

  Wehi, Priscilla M ^a   Whaanga, Hemi ^b   Roa, Tom ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANGUAGE; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 75749145447     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510580     Document Type: Review

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