On human population growth, natural selection, and the tragedy of the commons

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-449

  Sandvik, Hanno ^a  

^a Polar Environmental Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032929178     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.013002447.x     Document Type: Note

References (27)

1. Bätzing, W. 1991. Die Alpen. Entstehung und Gefährdung einer europäischen Kulturlandschaft. Beck, München, Germany.
2. Burgerhoff Mulder, M. 1998. The demographic transition: are we any closer to an evolutionary explanation? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:266-270.
3. Carley, M., and P. Spapens. 1998. Sharing the world: sustainable living and global equity in the 21st century. Earthscan, London.
4. Cohen, J. E. 1997. Population, economics, environment and culture: an introduction to human carrying capacity. Journal of Applied Ecology 34:1325-1333.
5. Dawkins, R. 1989. The selfish gene. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
6. Ehrlich, P. R., A. H. Ehrlich, and J. P. Holdren. 1977. Ecoscience: popula tion, resources, environment. 3rd edition. Freeman, San Francisco.
7. Feldman, M. W., and K. N. Laland. 1996. Gene-culture coevolutionary theory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11:453-457.
8. Gehrt, S. D. 1996. The human population problem: educating and changing behavior. Conservation Biology 10:900-903.
9. Grass, N. 1948. Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte der Alpwirtschaft vornehmlich nach Tiroler Quellen. Schlern-Schriften 56:1-285.
10. Hardin, G. 1968. The tragedy of the commons. Science 162:1243-1248.
11. Hille, J. 1998. The environmental space concept: implications for policies, environmental reporting and assessments. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
12. Jacquard, A., and R. H. Ward. 1976. The genetic consequences of changing reproductive behaviour. Journal of Human Evolution 5: 139-154.
13. Kasarda, J. D., J. O. G. Billy, and K. West. 1986. Status enhancement and fertility. Academic Press, Orlando, Florida.
14. Kay, C. E. 1997. The ultimate tragedy of commons. Conservation Biology 11:1447-1448.
15. Lorimer, F. 1954. Culture and human fertility. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Zürich, Switzerland.
16. Meadows, D. H., D. L. Meadows, and J. Randers. 1992. Beyond the limits: confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future. Earthscan, London.
17. Meffe, G. K. 1994. Human population control: the missing awareness. Conservation Biology 8:310-313.
18. Meffe, G. K., A. H. Ehrlich, and D. Ehrenfeld. 1993. Human population control: the missing agenda. Conservation Biology 7:1-3.
19. Netting, R. M. 1981. Balancing on an alp: ecological change and continuity in a Swiss mountain community. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
20. Ostrom, E. 1990. Governing the commons: the evolution of institutions for collective action. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
21. Ostrom, E., and R. Gardner. 1993. Coping with asymmetries in the commons: self-governing irrigation systems can work. Journal of Economic Perspectives 7(4):93-112.
22. Ostrom, E., J. Walker, and R. Gardner. 1992. Covenants with and without a sword: self-governance is possible. American Political Science Review 86:404-417.
23. Pichl, H. 1997. On human altruism and selfish memes. Oikos 79:619-620.
24. Spangenberg, J., editor. 1995. Towards sustainable Europe: the study. Coordination Européenne des Amis de la Terre, Bruxelles, Belgium.
25. Stearns, S. C. 1992. The evolution of life histories. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
26. Tullberg, B. S., and J. Tullberg. 1996. On human altruism: the discrepancy between normative and factual conclusions. Oikos 75:327-329.
27. Tullberg, J., and B. Tullberg. 1994. Naturlig etik. En uppgörelse med altruismen. Lykeion, Stockholm.