1. Paper 1 Title & Authors: forager – resource model for indigenous conservation. By Winterhaller and lu
  2. Goal of study:

The goal was to evaluate the effects of human foraging on prey species and how to minimize those effects.

  • Is this a review or primary research article:

This is a primary research article

  • General Approach (if primary research paper research):

The authors created a model to simulate predator – prey

  • 3 major findings:
  • Forager- prey systems can stabilize without conservation effort
  • Diversity of resources is a major factor in the survival of prey
  • An animal intrinsic rate of increase can determine their survival
  • Why this is significant to society:

This article is significant, because it introduces the tides of factoring in both prey vulnerability and human behavior into prey survival

      2.   Paper 1 Title & Authors: Ecological complexity, fuzzy logic and holism in indigenous knowledge. By the Berks

  • Goal of study:

To advocate for the validity of indigenous knowledge systems

  • Is this a review or primary research article:

Review article

  • General Approach (if primary research paper research):

A qualitative approach is taken through research methods of ethnographies and interviews.

  1. 3 major findings:
  2. Indigenous knowledge is better vied with approximating
  3. I.k. is centered around nature and human connections
  4. I.K. is an adaptive method of science
  5. Why this is significant to society:

It introduces different and more personal methods of science that are more alternative to western science approach

    3. Paper 1 Title & Authors: indigenous knowledge in ecologic  by Jessen et al.

  • Goal of study:

The goal was to evaluate the effect of human foraging prey species and how to minimize those effects.

  • Is this a review or primary research article:

This is a primary research article.

  • General Approach (if primary research paper research):

The authors created a model to simulate the predator-prey relationship

  • 3 major findings:
  • Forager – prey systems can stabilize without conservation effort
  • Diversity of resources is a major factor in the survival
  • Amount of records/ publications increased as indigenous knowledge becomes more acknowledged in Western society
  • Why is this significant to society:

It helps for more people to gain a new perspective when it comes to ecology and evolution from indigenous people

4. Paper 1 Title & Authors: combining science and TEK: monitoring population for Co-management. By Henrik Mollers, et al.

  • Goal of study:

Connecting TEK ecological knowledge with Western scientific data to further conservation efforts and data collection

  • Is this a review or primary research article:

Review – article through the use of heuristic data analysis

  • General Approach (if primary research paper research):

It was more qualitative than quantitative

  • 3 major findings:
  • TEK advances data collection of ecology in Western methods
  • Mix methods offer stronger data
  • Western methods take longer
  • Why this is significant to society:

Hope ecology research TEK to improve Western methods