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| Title |
The Malthusian–Darwinian dynamic and the trajectory of civilization
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2012.12.001 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jeffrey C. Nekola, Craig D. Allen, James H. Brown, Joseph R. Burger, Ana D. Davidson, Trevor S. Fristoe, Marcus J. Hamilton, Sean T. Hammond, Astrid Kodric-Brown, Norman Mercado-Silva, Jordan G. Okie |
| Abstract |
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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 22 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 18% |
| Italy | 2 | 9% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Sweden | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 8 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 59% |
| Scientists | 7 | 32% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 272 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 14 | 5% |
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| Mexico | 4 | 1% |
| Australia | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 3 | 1% |
| Austria | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 1% |
| Unknown | 234 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 65 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 33 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 9% |
| Other | 22 | 8% |
| Other | 51 | 19% |
| Unknown | 27 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 141 | 52% |
| Environmental Science | 52 | 19% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 13 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 7% |
| Unknown | 36 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 July 2021.
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#1,826,423
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#1,045
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#16,579
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Outputs of similar age from Trends in Ecology & Evolution
#9
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Altmetric has tracked 25,371,288 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 92nd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,201 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 31.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 67% of its peers.
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