A Darwinian account of the fertility opportunity hypothesis

Population and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-148

  Abernethy, Virginia Deane ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FERTILITY; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCTION;

DARWINIA;

EID: 0033370157     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436111     Document Type: Article

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