Disturbance, Complexity, Scale: New Approaches to the Study of Human-Environment Interactions

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 241-257

  Bird, Rebecca Bliege ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Ecosystem engineering; Human behavioral ecology; Niche construction; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRASSLAND; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NICHE; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84945248904     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-013946     Document Type: Article

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