Comparing traditional ecological knowledge and western science woodland caribou habitat models
ABSTRACT Negotiating the complexities of wildlife management increasingly requires new approaches, especially where data may be limited. A robust combination of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and western science has the potential to improve management decisions and enhance the validity of ec...
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crwiley:10.1002/jwmg.643 2024-06-23T07:56:22+00:00 Comparing traditional ecological knowledge and western science woodland caribou habitat models Polfus, Jean L. Heinemeyer, Kimberly Hebblewhite, Mark National Aeronautics and Space Administration Environment Canada Round River Conservation Studies Taku River Tlingit First Nation University of Montana 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.643 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.643 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jwmg.643 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jwmg.643 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor The Journal of Wildlife Management volume 78, issue 1, page 112-121 ISSN 0022-541X 1937-2817 journal-article 2013 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.643 2024-06-06T04:24:47Z ABSTRACT Negotiating the complexities of wildlife management increasingly requires new approaches, especially where data may be limited. A robust combination of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and western science has the potential to improve management decisions and enhance the validity of ecological inferences. We examined the strengths and weaknesses of predicting woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) habitat selection with resource selection functions (RSF) based on western science and TEK‐based models within the territory of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation of northern British Columbia. We developed seasonal RSF models with data from 10 global positioning system collared caribou. We generated TEK‐based habitat suitability index models from interviews with Taku River Tlingit members. We tested the ability of both habitat models to spatially predict the occurrence of collared caribou locations. To portray differences between the models, we statistically and visually compared the spatial predictions of TEK and RSF modeling approaches using Kappa statistics and k ‐fold cross validation. Kappa statistics of habitat ranks from the models showed substantial agreement during summer ( K = 0.649) and fair agreement during winter ( K = 0.337). We found that both TEK and RSF models predicted independent caribou locations (Spearman's rank correlations from k ‐fold cross‐validation ranged from 0.612 to 0.997). Differences in model performance were a result of RSF models predicting more relatively high quality habitat than TEK models. Given the widespread declines of woodland caribou across the boreal forest of Canada, and the requirement of the Canadian Species at Risk Act to incorporate both traditional and western science approaches into recovery planning, our results demonstrate that TEK‐based habitat models can effectively inform recovery planning for this imperiled species. © 2013 The Wildlife Society. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus tlingit Wiley Online Library British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Taku ENVELOPE(-133.854,-133.854,59.633,59.633) Taku River ENVELOPE(-133.654,-133.654,58.583,58.583) The Journal of Wildlife Management 78 1 112 121 |
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ABSTRACT Negotiating the complexities of wildlife management increasingly requires new approaches, especially where data may be limited. A robust combination of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and western science has the potential to improve management decisions and enhance the validity of ecological inferences. We examined the strengths and weaknesses of predicting woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) habitat selection with resource selection functions (RSF) based on western science and TEK‐based models within the territory of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation of northern British Columbia. We developed seasonal RSF models with data from 10 global positioning system collared caribou. We generated TEK‐based habitat suitability index models from interviews with Taku River Tlingit members. We tested the ability of both habitat models to spatially predict the occurrence of collared caribou locations. To portray differences between the models, we statistically and visually compared the spatial predictions of TEK and RSF modeling approaches using Kappa statistics and k ‐fold cross validation. Kappa statistics of habitat ranks from the models showed substantial agreement during summer ( K = 0.649) and fair agreement during winter ( K = 0.337). We found that both TEK and RSF models predicted independent caribou locations (Spearman's rank correlations from k ‐fold cross‐validation ranged from 0.612 to 0.997). Differences in model performance were a result of RSF models predicting more relatively high quality habitat than TEK models. Given the widespread declines of woodland caribou across the boreal forest of Canada, and the requirement of the Canadian Species at Risk Act to incorporate both traditional and western science approaches into recovery planning, our results demonstrate that TEK‐based habitat models can effectively inform recovery planning for this imperiled species. © 2013 The Wildlife Society. |
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Comparing traditional ecological knowledge and western science woodland caribou habitat models |
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Comparing traditional ecological knowledge and western science woodland caribou habitat models |
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Comparing traditional ecological knowledge and western science woodland caribou habitat models |
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Comparing traditional ecological knowledge and western science woodland caribou habitat models |
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