Cultural Keystone Species: Implications for Ecological Conservation and Restoration

• Main Authors: Garibaldi, Ann, Turner, Nancy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: ecology; culture; productivity; conservation; biodiversity; Social Organization; General & Multiple Resources; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3108

"Ecologists have long recognized that some species, by virtue of the key roles they play in the overall structure and functioning of an ecosystem, are essential to its integrity; these are known as keystone species. Similarly, in human cultures everywhere, there are plants and animals that form...