Indigenous Siberians solve collective action problems through sharing and traditional knowledge

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 45-55

  Ziker, John P ^a   Rasmussen, Joellie ^a   Nolin, David A ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic leveling; Evolutionary stable strategies; Food sharing; Kinship; Network analysis; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925652331     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-015-0293-9     Document Type: Article

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