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Nature 421, 489-490 (30 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421489a
Biodiversity: The threat of small households
Nico Keilman
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Abstract
Many studies have suggested that the increasing global human population is having a negative effect on biodiversity. According to new work, another threat comes from the rising number of households.
Households in many countries have become smaller in recent decades. Between 1970 and 2000, the average number of occupants in households in less developed countries fell from 5.
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