Evolutionary ecology of human reproduction

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 347-374

  Voland, Eckart ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demography; Differential parental investment; Fecundity; Fertility; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 0032228174     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.27.1.347     Document Type: Article

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