Accurate Mental Maps as an Aspect of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK): a Case Study from Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland
A mental map of the substrate of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland, compiled from interviews with local fishermen, is compared with maps produced by science-based techniques. The comparison reveals that the mental map is highly accurate. This finding contrasts with the spatial distortion characteristic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2008-06-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art13/ |