Human population in the biodiversity hotspots

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6781, 2000, Pages 990-992

  Cincotta, Richard P ^a   Wisnewski, Jennifer ^a   Engelman, Robert ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0034720163     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35010105     Document Type: Article

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