Constructing confidence: Rational skepticism and systematic enquiry in local ecological knowledge research

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 880-894

  Davis, Anthony ^a   Ruddle, Kenneth ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indigenous local traditional ecological knowledge; Rational skepticism; Research design; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH WORK; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

ECOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 77950881754     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0422.1     Document Type: Article

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