Indigenous knowledge and long-term ecological change: Detection, interpretation, and responses to changing ecological conditions in pacific island communities

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 985-997

  Lauer, Matthew ^a   Aswani, Shankar ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Indigenous ecological knowledge; Marine historical ecology; Remote sensing; Seagrass; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MARINE HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; SEAGRASSES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ARTISANAL FISHERY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IKONOS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MARINE BIOLOGY; OWNERSHIP; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEAWEED;

NEW GEORGIA; NEW GEORGIA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROVIANA LAGOON; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

EID: 77952882896     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9471-9     Document Type: Article

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