What is it about?
From a study of all species of wild rabbits and hares, it is clear that only the European "wild" rabbit - a domestic escape - overeats its food supply
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Why is it important?
The same process - domestication - explains why western races will continue to expand to the food limit.
Perspectives
If we can understand why western human populations will continue to increase, we may be able to save the planet.
John Flux
Totara Chambers Ltd
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This page is a summary of: Evidence of self-limitation in wild vertebrate populations, Oikos, March 2001, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920316.x.
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