Sustainability of culture-driven population dynamics

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Ghirlanda, Stefano ^a,b   Enquist, Magnus ^b   Perc, Matjaž ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cumulative culture; Mathematical modeling; Population dynamics; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HUMAN RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77950033833     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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