Population Growth

Associated Documents (6)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Low, Bobbi S.Behavioral ecology of conservation in traditional societies
Dow, Gregory K.The economics of exogamous marriage in small‐scale societies
Sorokowska, AgnieszkaPreferred interpersonal distances: A global comparison
Gurven, Michael D.Periodic catastrophes over human evolutionary history are necessary to explain the forager popul...

Associated Hypotheses (13)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Low, Bobbi S.Environmental degradation in traditional societies will be positively associated with recent population increases and technological improvement (358-9).
Low, Bobbi S.Expressed resource need in traditional societies will be positively associated with recent population increase and environmental degradation (359).
Dow, Gregory K.Rate of exogamy will be positively associated with disparities in productivity between the two residence sites. (1807)
Sorokowska, Agnieszka"environmental and psychological factors will be related to interpersonal distance across countries (581)"
Gurven, Michael D.Through altering mean vital rates (both fertility and mortality) it would be possible to adjust the current rapid growth of contemporary human forager groups to achieve ZPG (zero population growth) p. 12761.
Gurven, Michael D.Through altering a population’s vital rate stochasticity it would be possible to adjust the current rapid growth of contemporary human forager groups to achieve ZPG (zero population growth) p. 12763.
Gurven, Michael D.Through altering a population’s vital rate covariance it would be possible to adjust the current rapid growth of contemporary human forager groups to achieve ZPG (zero population growth) p. 12763.
Gurven, Michael D.Through altering the rate of catastrophes a population experiences, it would be possible to adjust the current rapid growth of contemporary human forager groups to achieve ZPG (zero population growth) p. 12763.
Gurven, Michael D.Combining more than one of the four demographic scenarios (altered mean vital rates (i.e., fertility and mortality), vital rate stochasticity, vital rate covariance, and periodic catastrophes) increases the likelihood of returning the rate of population growth to ZPG p. 12763.

Associated OCMs

  1. demography
  2. population