Integrating traditional and scientific knowledge through collaborative natural science field research: Identifying elements for success

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-445

  Huntington, Henry P ^a   Gearheard, Shari ^b   Mahoney, Andrew R ^c   Salomon, Anne K ^d  

^a Pew Environment Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alutiiq; Black leather chiton; Collaboration; Collaborative fieldwork; Ecology; Fieldwork; Inuit; Katharina tunicata; Sea ice; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATA SET; FIELDWORK; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DECLINE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEA ICE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; BARROW; CANADA; CLYDE RIVER [BAFFIN ISLAND]; GREENLAND; KENAI PENINSULA; NUNAVUT; THULE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855168326     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4143     Document Type: Article

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