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    Gretchen C. Daily

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA

    Anne H. Ehrlich &  Paul R. Ehrlich

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Daily, G.C., Ehrlich, A.H. & Ehrlich, P.R. Optimum human population size. Popul Environ 15, 469–475 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02211719

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