Ecology of increasing disease: Population growth and environmental degradation

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 817-826

  Pimentel, David ^a   Tort, Maria ^a   D'Anna, Linda ^a   Krawic, Anne ^a   Berger, Joshua ^a   Rossman, Jessica ^a   Mugo, Fridah ^a   Doon, Nancy ^a   Shriberg, Michael ^a   Howard, Erica ^a   Lee, Susan ^a   Talbot, Jonathan ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

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EID: 0031679250     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313393     Document Type: Article

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