Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes

Christopher Armatas; Tyron J Venn; Brooke B McBride; Alan E Watson; Steve J Carver

doi:10.5751/ES-07905-210116

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Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes

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Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes

Christopher Armatas, Tyron J Venn, Brooke B McBride, Alan E Watson and Steve J Carver

Ecology and Society, Vol.21(1), 16

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07905-210116

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Abstract

climate change adaptation

fire-adapted ecosystems

Indigenous fire management

resilience

traditional ecological knowledge

western United States

The field of adaptive management has been embraced by researchers and managers in the United States as an approach to improve natural resource stewardship in the face of uncertainty and complex environmental problems. Integrating multiple knowledge sources and feedback mechanisms is an important step in this approach. Our objective is to contribute to the limited literature that describes the benefits of better integrating indigenous knowledge (IK) with other sources of knowledge in making adaptive-management decisions. Specifically, we advocate the integration of traditional phenological knowledge (TPK), a subset of IK, and highlight opportunities for this knowledge to support policy and practice of adaptive management with reference to policy and practice of adapting to uncharacteristic fire regimes and climate change in the western United States.

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Title: Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes
Authors: Christopher Armatas (Author) - University of Montana, United States
Tyron J Venn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Brooke B McBride (Author) - University of Montana, United States
Alan E Watson (Author) - Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, United States
Steve J Carver (Author) - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Publication details: Ecology and Society, Vol.21(1), 16; 13
Publisher: Resilience Alliance Publications
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07905-210116
ISSN: 1708-3087
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 by the author(s). Published under license by The Resilience Alliance. Reproduced with the permission of the author(s).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449581702621
Output Type: Journal article

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