A dynamic model of human dispersal in a land-based economy

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-94

  Towner, Mary C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Dynamic modeling; Inheritance; Migration; Philopatry

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032812035     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050596     Document Type: Article

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