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Nancy J. Turner

Nancy J. Turner

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
14669
World Ranking
4647
National Ranking
195

Overview

Nancy J. Turner is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions to several subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health.

Their scholarly work focuses on multiple topics related to Indigenous knowledge systems, environmental and cultural studies, and the interplay between human societies and ecosystems. Key research themes include:

  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
  • Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Culinary Culture and Tourism

Nancy J. Turner has published in various academic venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • Journal of Ethnobiology
  • People and Nature
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • FACETS
  • Nature Food

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Nancy J. Turner are:

  • "Well grounded: Indigenous Peoples' knowledge, ethnobiology and sustainability" (2022, People and Nature)
  • "From "taking" to "tending": learning about Indigenous land and resource management on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America" (2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science)
  • "Adopting a Root: Documenting Ecological and Cultural Signatures of Plant Translocations in Northwestern North America" (2021, American Anthropologist)

In addition, other recent influential papers in their scholarly network include:

  • "Scientists' Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems" (2021, Journal of Ethnobiology)
  • "The Old Foods Are the New Foods!": Erosion and Revitalization of Indigenous Food Systems in Northwestern North America" (2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)

Collaborations form a significant part of Nancy J. Turner's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Douglas Deur
  • Chelsey Geralda Armstrong
  • Dana Lepofsky
  • Leigh Joseph
  • Kim Recalma-Clutesi

Best Publications

  • Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

    Kai M. A. Chan;Patricia Balvanera;Karina Benessaiah;Mollie Chapman

  • Cultural Keystone Species: Implications for Ecological Conservation and Restoration

    Ann Garibaldi;Nancy Turner

  • Conservation and the Social Sciences

    Michael B. Mascia;J. Peter Brosius;Tracy A. Dobson;Bruce C. Forbes

  • TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

    Nancy J. Turner;Marianne Boelscher Ignace;Ronald Ignace

  • Knowledge, Learning and the Evolution of Conservation Practice for Social-Ecological System Resilience

    Fikret Berkes;Nancy J. Turner

  • “It's so different today”: Climate change and indigenous lifeways in British Columbia, Canada

    Nancy J. Turner;Helen Clifton

  • Living on the Edge: Ecological and Cultural Edges as Sources of Diversity for Social-Ecological Resilience

    Nancy J. Turner;Iain J. Davidson-Hunt;Michael O'Flaherty

  • Ecosystem Services and Beyond: Using Multiple Metaphors to Understand Human–Environment Relationships

    Christopher M. Raymond;Gerald G. Singh;Karina Benessaiah;Joanna R. Bernhardt

  • Edible and Tended Wild Plants, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Agroecology

    Nancy J. Turner;Łukasz Jakub Łuczaj;Paola Migliorini;Andrea Pieroni

  • The Earth's Blanket: Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

    Nancy J. Turner

  • Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America

    Douglas Deur;Nancy J. Turner

  • From Invisibility to Transparency: Identifying the Implications

    Nancy J. Turner;Robin Gregory;Cheryl Brooks;Lee Failing

  • Coming to Understanding: Developing Conservation through Incremental Learning in the Pacific Northwest

    Nancy J. Turner;Fikret Berkes

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems

    Alvaro Fernandez-Llamazares Onrubia;Dana Lepofsky;Ken Lertzman Lertzman;Chelsey Geralda Denise Armstrong

  • Comparing instrumental and deliberative paradigms underpinning the assessment of social values for cultural ecosystem services

    Christopher M. Raymond;Christopher M. Raymond;Jasper O. Kenter;Tobias Plieninger;Nancy J. Turner

  • “Where our women used to get the food”: cumulative effects and loss of ethnobotanical knowledge and practice; case study from coastal British ColumbiaThis paper was submitted for the Special Issue on Ethnobotany, inspired by the Ethnobotany Symposium organized by Alain Cuerrier, Montreal Botanical Garden, and held in Montreal at the 2006 annual meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association.

    Nancy J. TurnerN.J. Turner;Katherine L. TurnerK.L. Turner

  • Effective biodiversity conservation requires dynamic, pluralistic, partnership-based approaches

    Michael C. Gavin;Joe McCarter;Fikret Berkes;Aroha Te Pareake Mead

  • Adaptive capacity: from assessment to action in coastal social-ecological systems

    Charlotte K. Whitney;Nathan J. Bennett;Natalie C. Ban;Edward H. Allison

  • Well grounded: Indigenous Peoples' knowledge, ethnobiology and sustainability

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  • ''Where our women used to get the food'': cumulative effects and loss of ethnobotanical knowledge and practice; case study from coastal

    British Columbia;Nancy J. Turner;Katherine L. Turner

  • ‘‘Where our women used to get the food’’: cumulative effects and loss of ethnobotanical knowledge and practice; case study from coastal British Columbia1

    Nancy J. Turner;Katherine L. Turner

  • of Conservation Practice for Social-Ecological System Resilience

    Fikret Berkes;Nancy J. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Fikret Berkes
Fikret Berkes University of Manitoba
Kai M. A. Chan
Kai M. A. Chan University of British Columbia
Christopher M. Raymond
Christopher M. Raymond University of Helsinki
Bryan G. Norton
Bryan G. Norton Georgia Institute of Technology
Victoria Reyes-García
Victoria Reyes-García Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ricardo Rozzi
Ricardo Rozzi University of North Texas
Terre Satterfield
Terre Satterfield University of British Columbia
Jules Pretty
Jules Pretty University of Essex
Natalie C. Ban
Natalie C. Ban University of Victoria
Erik Gómez-Baggethun
Erik Gómez-Baggethun Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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