Kiribati: "Some aspects of human ecology," forty years later

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 497-508, 2003, Pages 1-40

  Thomas, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ATOLL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KIRIBATI; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1942499411     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.501.1     Document Type: Article

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