Relationships between religious beliefs and mountain pasture uses: A case study in the High Atlas mountains of Marrakech, Morocco

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-362

  Dominguez, Pablo ^a,b,c   Zorondo Rodríguez, Francisco ^d   Reyes García, Victoria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE D ANTHROPOLOGIE SOCIALE   (France)

^c Aix Marseille University Marseille   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agdal; Amazig Berber; Communal resource management; Ecology; Morocco; Religion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPLORATION; MIGRATION; PASTORALISM; POPULATION DENSITY; RELIGION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO;

EID: 77952669399     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9321-7     Document Type: Article

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