The Malthusian-Darwinian dynamic and the trajectory of civilization

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• 作者：Jeffrey C. Nekola¹ ; ^{jnekola@unm.edu} ; Craig D. Allen² ; James H. Brown¹ ; ³ ; Joseph R. Burger¹ ; Ana D. Davidson¹ ; ⁴ ; Trevor S. Fristoe¹ ; Marcus J. Hamilton¹ ; ³ ; ⁵ ; Sean T. Hammond¹ ; Astrid Kodric-Brown¹ ; Norman Mercado-Silva¹ ; ⁶ ; Jordan G. Okie¹ ; ⁷
• 关键词：resource limitation ; behavioral constraints ; sustainability science ; macroecology ; evolutionary biology
• 刊名：Trends in Ecology and Evolution
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：March, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：28
• 期：3
• 页码：127-130
• 全文大小：272 K

文摘

Two interacting forces influence all populations: the Malthusian dynamic of exponential growth until resource limits are reached, and the Darwinian dynamic of innovation and adaptation to circumvent these limits through biological and/or cultural evolution. The specific manifestations of these forces in modern human society provide an important context for determining how humans can establish a sustainable relationship with the finite Earth.