Biased parental investment and reproductive success in Gabbra pastoralists

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-81

  Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth order; Gabbra; Parental investment; Reproductive success; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

CAMEL HERD; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILITY LEVEL; GABBRA; GABBRA PEOPLE; HERD SIZE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASTORALISM; POPULATION FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WEALTH FLOWS;

KENYA; KENYA, (NORTH);

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL RESOURCES; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOWRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; INHERITANCE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS; JURISPRUDENCE; KENYA; MARRIAGE; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; NOMADS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NUPTIALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL RESOURCES; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOWRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; INHERITANCE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS; KENYA; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; NOMADS; NUPTIALITY; OWNERSHIP; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FERTILITY; KENYA; MARRIAGE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OWNERSHIP; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WILLS;

EID: 0029667367     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050219     Document Type: Article

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