Aquatic Resource Use by Indigenous Australians in Two Tropical River Catchments: The Fitzroy River and Daly River

Human Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 893-908

  Jackson, Sue ^a   Finn, Marcus ^a   Featherston, Pippa ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic resource management; Australian indigenous peoples; Bush tucker; Customary resource use; Subsistence hunting and fishing

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT USE; HARVESTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESOURCE USE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; DALY RIVER; FITZROY RIVER; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANSER; ANSERANAS SEMIPALMATA; CHELODINA RUGOSA; HEPHAESTUS JENKINSI; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84870289151     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9518-z     Document Type: Article

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