Using participatory workshops to integrate state-and-transition models created with local knowledge and ecological data

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-170

  Knapp, Corrine Noel ^a,b   Fernandez Gimenez, Maria ^b   Kachergis, Emily ^b   Rudeen, Aleta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; coproduction of knowledge; expert knowledge; knowledge integration; participatory modeling; rangeland; stakeholder participation; traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; RANCHING; RANGELAND; STAKEHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953086389     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00047.1     Document Type: Article

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