Human population numbers as a function of food supply

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Hopfenberg, Russell ^a,b   Pimentel, David ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease(s); Food; Food availability; Food production; Human; Population; Population growth

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 0034872526     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011463231976     Document Type: Review

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