Are east African pastoralists truly conservationists?

Current Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 621-652

  Ruttan, Lore M ^a   Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Graduate Group in Human Ecology

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EID: 0001438618     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300086     Document Type: Article

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