Matching traditional and scientific observations to detect environmental change: A discussion on arctic terrestrial ecosystems

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Volumn 33, Issue SPEC. ISS. 13, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Huntington, Henry ^a   Callaghan, Terry ^b,c,d   Fox, Shari ^e,f   Krupnik, Igor ^g  

^a Abisko Scientific Research Station ^*  (United States)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Harvard University   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLD CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PLANTS; POPULATION GROUPS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 8744256674     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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41. This collaboration was stimulated by contacts made during the drafting of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) scientific report and represents an integration cutting across the terrestrial ecosystem assessment and the human dimensions assessment. Dyanna Jolly was instrumental in this work. The authors thank the agencies that have supported the work incorporated in this paper and the ACIA, particularly the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. National Science Foundation.