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Human Population Numbers as a Function of Food Supply

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  • Russell Hopfenberg
  • David Pimentel

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  • Russell Hopfenberg & David Pimentel, 2001. "Human Population Numbers as a Function of Food Supply," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:3:y:2001:i:1:p:1-15
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1011463231976
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    1. David Pimentel & O. Bailey & P. Kim & E. Mullaney & J. Calabrese & L. Walman & F. Nelson & X. Yao, 1999. "Will Limits of the Earth's Resources Control Human Numbers?," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 1(1), pages 19-39, March.
    2. Anthony Young, 1999. "Is there Really Spare Land? A Critique of Estimates of Available Cultivable Land in Developing Countries," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 1(1), pages 3-18, March.
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