Indigenous people's detection of rapid ecological change

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 820-828

  Aswani, Shankar ^a   Lauer, Matthew ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ecological change; Local knowledge; Solomon Islands; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; RISK PERCEPTION; TSUNAMI;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MELANESIA; PERCEPTION; TSUNAMI;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MELANESIA; PERCEPTION; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84900458503     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12250     Document Type: Article

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