Title: The numbers of man and animals.
Authors: Cragg, J. B.,; Pirie, N. W. 1907-1997; Institute of Biology
Publisher: Published for the Institute of Biology by Oliver and Boyd
Year: 1955
Subjects: Population; Animal populations; Population
Contents: Economic theory and the concept of an optimum population -- The growth of human population -- An anthropologist's approach to population growth: studies in the Bechuanaland Protectorate -- The mathematical approach to population dynamics -- The mortality factors affecting adult numbers -- Adverse effects of population density upon the viability of later generations -- Experimental competition in beetles, with some general implications -- The relationship between disease control and changes in population growth and age structure -- Some biological aspects of population problems -- The effects of nutrition on fertility in animal and human populations -- Pastoralism in relation to population of men and animals -- Changes in the quantity of human populations -- Human population: the future.