Synchronized peak-rate years of global resources use

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Seppelt, Ralf ^a,b,c   Manceur, Ameur M ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^d   Fenichel, Eli P ^e   Klotz, Stefan ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b iDiv German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Limits to growth; Peak rate year; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; PARADIGM SHIFT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84921390803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07039-190450     Document Type: Article

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