%0 Journal Article %A Kei Nakamura %T The girth alternative for mapping class groups %J Groups, geometry, and dynamics %D 2014 %P 225-244 %V 8 %N 1 %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4171/ggd/223/ %R 10.4171/ggd/223 %F 10_4171_ggd_223