Geography, biogeography, and why some countries are rich and others are poor

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

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3715-3720

  Hibbs Jr , Douglas A ^a   Olsson, Ola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DOMESTICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

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EID: 1542408917     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0305531101     Document Type: Article

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