Carrying capacity in agriculture: Global and regional issues

Ecological Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 443-461

  Harris, Jonathan M ^a   Kennedy, Scott ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural yields; Carrying capacity; Ecological limits; Population

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CARRYING CAPACITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; YIELD;

EID: 0033047461     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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