Cumulative culture and explosive demographic transitions

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 591-600

  Ghirlanda, Stefano ^a,b   Enquist, Magnus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cumulative culture; Demographic transition; Extensive and intensive growth; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250885729     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9070-x     Document Type: Article

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