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DOI	10.1002/eap.1899
	Opportunities to integrate herders' indicators into formal rangeland monitoring: an example from Mongolia
	Jamsranjav, Chantsallkham 1; Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.1,2; Reid, Robin S.2,3; Adya, B.4
通讯作者	Jamsranjav, Chantsallkham
来源期刊	ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
ISSN	1051-0761
EISSN	1939-5582
出版年	2019
卷号	29 期号:5
英文摘要	Despite increasing calls for knowledge integration around the world, traditional knowledge is rarely used in formal, Western-science-based monitoring and resource management. To better understand indicators herders use and their relationship to researcher-measured indicators, we conducted in-depth field interviews with 26 herders in three ecological zones of Mongolia. We asked each herder to (1) assess the overall condition of three different sites located along a livestock-use gradient from their winter camp using a numeric scale, (2) describe the indicators they used in their assessment, and (3) explain what caused their pastures to remain healthy or become degraded. At each site, we collected field data on vegetation variables and compared these with herders' ratings and indicators using linear regression. We used classification and ordination to understand how herders' assessment scores related to plant community composition, and determine how well multivariate analysis of factors determining plant community composition aligned with herders' observations of factors causing rangeland change. Across all ecological zones, herders use indicators similar to those used in formal monitoring. Herders' assessment scores correlated significantly and positively with measured total foliar cover in all three ecological zones, and with additional measured variables in the steppe and desert steppe. Ordination revealed that herder assessment scores were correlated with the primary ordination axis in each zone, and the main factors driving plant community composition in each zone were the same as those identified by herders as the primary causes of rangeland change in that zone. These results show promise for developing integrated indicators and monitoring protocols and highlight the importance of developing a common language of monitoring terminology shared by herders, government monitoring agencies, and researchers. We propose a new model for integrating herder knowledge and participation into formal monitoring in Mongolia, with implications for rangelands and pastoral people globally. We suggest practical ways of involving herders in formal monitoring that have potential broad application for promoting local and indigenous people's participation in implementing international agreements such as the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, both of which call for involvement of local people and indigenous/traditional knowledges.
英文关键词	community-based monitoring community-based rangeland management ecological indicators indigenous knowledge integrated indicators local knowledge Mongolia participatory monitoring pastoralist rangeland condition rangeland monitoring traditional ecological knowledge
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA ; Mongolia
开放获取类型	Green Published, hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000474485400019
WOS关键词	TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ; COMMUNITY-CONSERVED AREAS ; SCIENTIFIC-KNOWLEDGE ; LAND DEGRADATION ; RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT ; DECISION-MAKING ; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ; PASTORALISTS ; DYNAMICS ; NONEQUILIBRIUM
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	Colorado State University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/215152
作者单位	1.Colorado State Univ, Dept Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 2.Colorado State Univ, Ctr Collaborat Conservat, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 3.Colorado State Univ, Dept Ecosyst Sci & Sustainabil, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 4.Nutag Act Res Inst, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jamsranjav, Chantsallkham,Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.,Reid, Robin S.,et al. Opportunities to integrate herders' indicators into formal rangeland monitoring: an example from Mongolia[J]. Colorado State University,2019,29(5).
APA	Jamsranjav, Chantsallkham,Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.,Reid, Robin S.,&Adya, B..(2019).Opportunities to integrate herders' indicators into formal rangeland monitoring: an example from Mongolia.ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS,29(5).
MLA	Jamsranjav, Chantsallkham,et al."Opportunities to integrate herders' indicators into formal rangeland monitoring: an example from Mongolia".ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 29.5(2019).