Population growth, carrying capacity, and conflict

Current Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-85

  Read, Dwight W ^a   Le Blanc, Steven A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Collections   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344009463     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344616     Document Type: Review

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