Cultural Keystone Species: Implications for Ecological Conservation and Restoration
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 the c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2004-12-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Society |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss3/art1/ |