What explains differences in men's and women's production?: Determinants of gendered foraging inequalities among Martu

Human Nature

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-129

  Bird, Rebecca Bliege ^a   Codding, Brian F ^a   Bird, Douglas W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Foraging risk; Gender division of labor; Human behavioral ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049108571     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-009-9061-9     Document Type: Article

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