Foraging decisions among Aché hunter-gatherers: New data and implications for optimal foraging models

Ethology and Sociobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 1-36

  Hill, Kim ^c   Kaplan, Hillard ^b   Hawkes, Kristen ^a   Hurtado, A Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Foraging models; Hunter gatherers; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002437725     PISSN: 01623095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3095(87)90055-0     Document Type: Article

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