Does science replace traditions? Correlates between traditional Tibetan culture and local bird diversity in Southwest China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-170

  Shen, Xiaoli ^a,c   Li, Sheng ^a   Chen, Nyima ^b   Li, Shengzhi ^b   McShea, William J ^c   Lu, Zhi ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shan Shui Conservation Center   (China)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge attitudes behaviors; Point count; Scientific ecological knowledge; Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional practice index

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATE ROLE;

CHINA; XIZANG;

AVES;

EID: 84856236326     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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