How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system

The ability to predict through causal understandingor statistical association is a key feature of scientific knowledge. However,the predictive power of traditionalecological knowledge in an observationalsetting is rarely critically evaluated. Weanalyze the results of an applied casestudy of indigeno...

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Autores: John Duncan Golicher, Samuel Israel Levy Tacher
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:México
Institución:El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Repositorio:Redalyc-ECOSUR
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Palabra clave:Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Lacandon
Restoration
Epistemology
Ochroma pyramidale
Soil Organic Matter
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spelling How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system John Duncan Golicher Samuel Israel Levy Tacher Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Lacandon Restoration Epistemology Ochroma pyramidale Soil Organic Matter The ability to predict through causal understandingor statistical association is a key feature of scientific knowledge. However,the predictive power of traditionalecological knowledge in an observationalsetting is rarely critically evaluated. Weanalyze the results of an applied casestudy of indigenous fallow management inthe context of its predictive power. In orderto do this we applied three contrastingstatistical analyses; visual pattern matching,general linear modelling and graphicalmodels. Our results suggest that a degreeof abduction or a posteriori explanationis typically needed in the analysis ofthe observations of natural phenomenathat indigenous people make. Despite this,contextually useful predictive power maybe extracted from such informationthrough a combination of experience, deductionand probabilistic induction. Thepresent case study suggested that the traditionalecological knowledge of theLacandon people could provide usefulguidance for the restoration of ecosystemfunction. In particular, the results supportthe use of Ochroma pyramidale as a soilenriching agent. Asociación Interciencia 0378-1844 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=33909605
title How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system
spellingShingle How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system
John Duncan Golicher
Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Lacandon
Restoration
Epistemology
Ochroma pyramidale
Soil Organic Matter
title_short How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system
title_full How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system
title_fullStr How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system
title_full_unstemmed How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system
title_sort How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? the case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system
author John Duncan Golicher
author_facet John Duncan Golicher
Samuel Israel Levy Tacher
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author2 Samuel Israel Levy Tacher
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topic Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Lacandon
Restoration
Epistemology
Ochroma pyramidale
Soil Organic Matter
topic_facet Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Lacandon
Restoration
Epistemology
Ochroma pyramidale
Soil Organic Matter
description The ability to predict through causal understandingor statistical association is a key feature of scientific knowledge. However,the predictive power of traditionalecological knowledge in an observationalsetting is rarely critically evaluated. Weanalyze the results of an applied casestudy of indigenous fallow management inthe context of its predictive power. In orderto do this we applied three contrastingstatistical analyses; visual pattern matching,general linear modelling and graphicalmodels. Our results suggest that a degreeof abduction or a posteriori explanationis typically needed in the analysis ofthe observations of natural phenomenathat indigenous people make. Despite this,contextually useful predictive power maybe extracted from such informationthrough a combination of experience, deductionand probabilistic induction. Thepresent case study suggested that the traditionalecological knowledge of theLacandon people could provide usefulguidance for the restoration of ecosystemfunction. In particular, the results supportthe use of Ochroma pyramidale as a soilenriching agent.
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