Tracking Change: Traditional Knowledge and Monitoring of Wildlife Health in Northern Canada

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-61

  Parlee, Brenda L ^a   Goddard, Ellen ^a   First Nation, Łutsël Ké Dene ^b   Smith, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b utsël K'é Dene Northwest Territories   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic Wasting Disease; indigenous; monitoring; Northwest Territories; Prion; sub arctic; traditional knowledge; wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892649382     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2013.825823     Document Type: Article

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