Natural and human economies compared

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Vermeij, Geerat J ^a   Leigh Jr , Egbert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Economy; Ecosystems; Monopoly; Tragedy of the commons; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863479643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00004.1     Document Type: Article

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