The MAHB, the culture gap, and some really inconvenient truths

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Ehrlich, Paul R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMANITIES; MILLENIUM ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURE; HUMANS; POPULATION;

EID: 77951733999     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000330     Document Type: Article

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