Ecosystem resilience, specialized adaptation and population decline: A modern malthusian theory

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-19

  Chu, C Y Cyrus ^a   Tai, Ching ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Population dynamics; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035624905     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050157     Document Type: Article

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