Folkecology and commons management in the Maya lowlands

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 7598-7603

  Atran, Scott ^a,b   Medin, Douglas ^c   Ross, Norbert ^c   Lynch, Elizabeth ^c   Coley, John ^d   Ek', Edilberto Ucan ^e   Vapnarsky, Valentina ^f  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Herbolaria Maya   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive models; Commons tragedy; Culture consensus; Social networks; Sustainable agroforestry

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033595019     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.13.7598     Document Type: Article

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