Scale dependency and the "marginal" value of labor

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-211

  Næss, Marius Warg ^a   Fauchald, Per ^a,b   Tveraa, Torkild ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cooperative herding groups; Household; Nomadic pastoralism; Norway; Production; Quantitative approach; Saami reindeer husbandry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 67349088409     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9226-5     Document Type: Article

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