Combining Aboriginal knowledge and Western science to investigate possible explanations for the decline in fruit production of a bush tucker shrub, Djutpi, near Ngukurr, Northern Territory

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-148

  Ens, Emilie Jane ^a   Daniels, Cherry ^b   Thompson, Winston ^b   Ponto, Simon ^b   Rogers, Kelvin ^b   Roy, Julie ^b   Dixon, Priscilla ^b   Nelson, Edna ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Yugul Mangi Land Management Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arnhem Land; Indigenous ecological knowledge; Land management; Participatory planning

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FRUIT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION DECLINE; SHRUB;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 77955058886     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2010.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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