Bridging science and traditional knowledge to assess cumulative impacts of stressors on ecosystem health

Environment International

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 125-137

  the Slave River and Delta Partnership, ^g   Jardine, Timothy D ^a,b   Bradford, Lori ^c   Bharadwaj, Lalita ^c   Kythreotis, Andrew P ^d,e   Fresque Baxter, Jennifer ^f   Kelly, Erin ^f   Somers, Gila ^f   Doig, Lorne E ^b   Jones, Paul D ^b   Lindenschmidt, Karl Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive co management; Bayesian belief network; Integration; Multiple stressors; Social ecological systems; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIRDS; BLENDING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FLOW OF WATER; HEALTH; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; CO-MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PROBABILITY; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTIST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SLAVE DELTA; SLAVE RIVER;

AVES;

BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KNOWLEDGE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 85013773432     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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