Strategies, conflict, and the emergence of territoriality: The case of the Maine lobster industry

American Anthropologist

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 296-307

  Acheson, James M ^a   Gardner, Roy J ^b  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Lobster fishery; Maine; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543099366     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2004.106.2.296     Document Type: Article

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