Ecological constraints on marriage in rural Ireland

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-55

  Strassmann, Beverly I ^a   Clarke, Alice L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at marriage; Celibacy; Cooperative breeding,; Dispersal; Ecological constraints; Emigration; Helping behavior; Irish historical demography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002236571     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(97)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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