Sharing culture and resource conservation in hunter-gatherer societies

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-88

  Chakraborty, Rabindra Nath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; HUNTER-GATHERER; HUNTING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845883816     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpl025     Document Type: Article

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