Reconsidering the role of absentee herd owners: A view from Mongolia

Human Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-27

  Fernandez Gimenez, Maria E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absentee herding; Contract herding; Economic transition; Mongolia; Pastoralism; Resource management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; PRIVATIZATION;

MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032815957     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018757632589     Document Type: Article

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