Grizzly bear monitoring by the Heiltsuk people as a crucible for First Nation conservation practice

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Housty, William G ^a   Noson, Anna ^b   Scoville, Gerald W ^c   Boulanger, John ^d   Jeo, Richard M ^e   Darimont, Chris T ^f,g   Filardi, Christopher E ^h  

^a Qqs Projects Society   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g Raincoast Conservation Foundation   (Canada)

^h DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear population monitoring; British Columbia; Conservation; First Nations science; Grizzly bear; Noninvasive mark recapture; Salmon; Social and ecological resilience; Traditional stewardship; Values

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84903723529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06668-190270     Document Type: Article

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