Wealth as a source of density dependence in human population growth

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1824-1832

  Bauch, Chris T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FERTILITY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POWER LAW; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57649239452     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17063.x     Document Type: Article

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