Chronicle of a foreseeable tragedy: Birds's nests management in the Niah Caves (Sarawak)

Human Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-507

  Gausset, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birds's nests; Common property resource management; Malaysia; Sarawak; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRARIAN CHANGE; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; NEST; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; NIAH CAVES; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AVES;

EID: 4744355607     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HUEC.0000043517.23277.54     Document Type: Article

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