Is humanity sustainable?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1533, 2003, Pages 2579-2583

  Fowler, Charles W ^a   Hobbs, Larry ^b  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b Inland Whale   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; Management; Pathology; Species; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345830677     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2553     Document Type: Article

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