Drivers of global variation in land ownership
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Kavanagh, Patrick; Haynie, HJ; Kushnick, Geoff; Vilela, Bruno; Tuff, Ty; Bowern, Claire; Low, Bobbi S; Ember, Carol R; Kirby, Kathryn R; Botero, Carlos A.; Gavin, Michael C
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Land ownership shapes natural resource management and social-ecological resilience, but the factors determining ownership norms in human societies remain unclear. Here we conduct a global empirical test of long-standing theories from ecology, economics and anthropology regarding potential drivers of land ownership and territoriality. Prior theory suggests that resource defensibility, subsistence strategies, population pressure, political complexity and cultural transmission mechanisms may all...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Kavanagh, Patrick | |
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dc.contributor.author | Haynie, HJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Kushnick, Geoff | |
dc.contributor.author | Vilela, Bruno | |
dc.contributor.author | Tuff, Ty | |
dc.contributor.author | Bowern, Claire | |
dc.contributor.author | Low, Bobbi S | |
dc.contributor.author | Ember, Carol R | |
dc.contributor.author | Kirby, Kathryn R | |
dc.contributor.author | Botero, Carlos A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gavin, Michael C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-02T22:36:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-02T22:36:17Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0906-7590 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/259029 | |
dc.description.abstract | Land ownership shapes natural resource management and social-ecological resilience, but the factors determining ownership norms in human societies remain unclear. Here we conduct a global empirical test of long-standing theories from ecology, economics and anthropology regarding potential drivers of land ownership and territoriality. Prior theory suggests that resource defensibility, subsistence strategies, population pressure, political complexity and cultural transmission mechanisms may all influence land ownership. We applied multi-model inference procedures based on logistic regression to cultural and environmental data from 102 societies, 71 with some form of land ownership and 31 with no land ownership. We found an increased probability of land ownership in mountainous environments, where patchy resources may be more cost effective to defend via ownership. We also uncovered support for the role of population pressure, with a greater probability of land ownership in societies living at higher population densities. Our results also show more land ownership when neighboring societies also practiced ownership. We found less support for variables associated with subsistence strategies and political complexity. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study was funded by The National Science Foundation (award 1519987). | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.rights | © 2020 The Authors. Ecography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Society Oikos | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
dc.source | Ecography | |
dc.title | Drivers of global variation in land ownership | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 43 | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160102 - Biological (Physical) Anthropology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB13894 | |
local.publisher.url | https://www.wiley.com/en-gb | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kavanagh, Patrick, Colorado State University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Haynie, HJ, Colorado State University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kushnick, Geoff, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Vilela, Bruno, Washington University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Tuff, Ty, Washington University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bowern, Claire, Yale University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Low, Bobbi S, University of Michigan | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Ember, Carol R, Yale University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kirby, Kathryn R, University of Toronto | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Botero, Carlos A., Washington University in St Louis | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gavin, Michael C, Colorado State University | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 67 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 74 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1111/ecog.05205 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970116 - Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-12-13T07:18:59Z | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dc.provenance | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.rights.license | Creative Commons Attribution License | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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