Indigenous observations of climate change in the Lower Yukon River Basin, Alaska

Human Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-252

  Herman Mercer, Nicole ^a   Schuster, Paul ^a   Maracle, Karonhiakt'Tie ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Department   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; indigenous knowledge; Lower Yukon River Basin; Yup'ik

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIELDWORK; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON BASIN;

EID: 80052236049     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.70.3.v88841235897071m     Document Type: Article

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