Evolutionary ecology and resource conservation

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 62-74

  Alvard, Michael S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Conservation; Discounting; Evolutionary ecology; Foraging; Hunting; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032337733     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1998)7:2<62::AID-EVAN3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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