Will limits of the earth's resources control human numbers?

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-39

  Pimentel, David ^a   Bailey, O ^a   Kim, P ^a   Mullaney, E ^a   Calabrese, J ^a   Walman, L ^a   Nelson, F ^a   Yao, X ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Environmental resources; World population

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342431626     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010008112119     Document Type: Article

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