Ephemeral work group formation of Jenu Kuruba honey collectors and late 19th Century Colorado silver prospectors

Behaviour

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1413-1432

  Demps, Kathryn ^a,b   Klemetti, Susan M Glover ^c,d  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

foraging theory; group formation; human behavioral ecology; resource extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907646262     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003192     Document Type: Article

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