Population growth, carrying capacity, and conflict

The standard model of population growth and regulation is critiqued. It is argued that any model of population growth and regulation must accommodate ten propositions, and a multitrajectory model that does so is described. This model identifies competition between groups, individual choice in reprod...

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Published in:Current anthropology 2003-02, Vol.44 (1), p.59-85
Main Authors: READ, Dwight W, LE BLANC, Steven A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropological methods
Anthropology
Biological anthropology
Conflict
Group behaviour
Human paleontology
Methodology and general studies
Natural resources
Population growth
Prehistory and protohistory
Regulation
Sexual reproduction
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Summary:The standard model of population growth and regulation is critiqued. It is argued that any model of population growth and regulation must accommodate ten propositions, and a multitrajectory model that does so is described. This model identifies competition between groups, individual choice in reproductive behavior, the scale for spatial and temporal variation in resource abundance, and the social unit for resource access and ownership as important components of population behavior.
ISSN:0011-3204
1537-5382
DOI:10.1086/344616