Robustness and resilience across scales: Migration and resource degradation in the prehistoric U.S. Southwest

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Anderies, John M ^a   Hegmon, Michelle ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Migration; Natural resources; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MOBILITY; MODELING; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREHISTORIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959990553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03825-160222     Document Type: Article

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